But Which Atom?

To hell with psychology-, biology-, and even astronomy-based attempts to model human relationships: scientists claim if you want to understnad the singles scene, you need physics.

Richard Ecob adapted a system for modelling atoms in radioactive decay to investigate how we look for partners [...] At the root of the system, says Mr Ecob, is the similarity between the probability of the nucleus of an atom decaying and that of a couple breaking up.

So there's the secret to successful dating, folks, if you haven't found the love of your life, you're not decaying right.