Dateline: Oct 4

Can brain scans and DNA tests really help you find the person you should marry?

Tonight Dateline looks into the role that science is playing in modern dating.

Humans have tried to understand the concept of love for centuries.

“What is love?” is one of the most commonly searched questions on Google. Is there a scientific answer to love’s origin? Or is it a mystery?

Emily Soukas has been looking for love in New York City for more than three years, and is yet to find her match.

“It’s so challenging, like don’t even bother,” she tells Dateline reporter Aaron Lewis. “You might know what your type is, but…still go to actively pursue what’s not your type.”

She’s tried dating apps like Tinder, but finds them superficial.

“What am I trying to get as a reaction from someone else, from a total stranger who knows nothing about me, except for this picture and 500 characters? It just felt so unnatural to me.”

9:30pm Tuesday on SBS.