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Mar 2023
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Married at First Sight: Examining the 'S...

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It's the 'social experiment' you either love or hate - but does the matchmaking science used by the Married at First Sight 'Experts' add up? 

Cosmos Science Journalist and MAFS Tragic, Petra Stock, weighs in!

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