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Dating apps are more ubiquitous than ever. They gained significant popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, but trying to actually land a date from the apps is a process full of contingencies. To discuss their new app, Sylly, and the problems they see with the current dating apps, The 21st was joined by Sylly's co-founders.

Valerie Hoffman discussed her career as a professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Host Gwen Macsai breaks down some of the technology that the University of Illinois System is using to implement its COVID-19 mitigation plan. She takes a tour of the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab to follow saliva samples through the full process, then talks with Nigel Goldenfeld about the computer modeling the school and state are using to develop its testing protocols. She also talks with Rashid Bashir, the Dean of the Grainger College of Engineering about a test that can detect COVID-19 with your cell phone, then takes a ride with the Bryan Rives, Director of the University of Illinois Springfield Sangemon Performing Arts Center on his 26th trip driving samples from UIS to UIUC.

Practicing yoga could lead to improved brain health, according to a University of Illinois review of the available research on how the practice affects the brain.