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And only stock with me, just like this story, but like there is a formula for love.

Whether you're currently in a relationship or not,

many of us feel that there's something special about the person we pick to be our romantic partner.

They have qualities that are specifically compatible with us.

Even if you don't endorse the idea of the one or soulmate,

a partner couldn't just be anyone, right?

For the next few days, we're going to explore what it means to find and be in love.

Starting with the fact that falling in love might be easier than you thought.

I'm Shayla Love, and you're listening to Scientific Americans Science Quickly.

This week, we're diving into love and the brain,

starting with the backstory behind a famous set of 36 questions described in the New York Times.

The idea that a partner could be anyone is possibly why a 2015 piece in the New York Times modern love column entitled

to fall in love with anyone do this, made such a splash.

The piece claimed that the 36 questions it referred to were from a 1997 study

that had supposedly led to at least one pair of strangers falling in love in the lab.

The author of the article tried out the questions on an acquaintance,

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