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Nature 445, 700-702 (15 February 2007) | doi:10.1038/445700a; Published online 14 February 2007

Scientists in love: When two worlds collide

Jennifer Ouellette1

  1. Jennifer Ouellette is a freelance writer currently based in Washington DC.
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One half of a physics couple that met online, Jennifer Ouellette seeks some advice from married scientists on how to handle both long-distance and up-close relationships, while juggling career and family. Can love survive?

Last October, I became engaged to Caltech cosmologist Sean Carroll, capping six months of a long-distance romance that began via our respective physics blogs. Our his-and-hers blog announcements garnered the proverbial 15 minutes in the online scientific community, and it didn't take long before someone asked: "So, will you be relocating to California?

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