You hug your friend. You kiss your friend on the cheek. You plop a big, wet kiss on your friend's mouth. Wait, what was that last one? Kissing one's friends isn't as uncommon as you might think. Many ...

Kissing ignites a powerful biological response, releasing hormones like oxytocin and dopamine that foster connection and pleasure. Beyond romance, it reduces stress by lowering cortisol and can even ...

While two strangers might serendipitously find themselves chemically compatible, more often the best kisses grow out of an emotional connection and ambience, Kirshenbaum says. “So much of a great kiss ...

Kissing feels instinctive and intimate, yet scientists now argue it is a surprisingly recent and uneven addition to human ...

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A kiss is one of the most universal gestures in the world. It’s a wordless way to show affection that transcends language, ...

There’s more to a kiss than meets the lips, as couples are learning at a kissing school in Seattle. Psychotherapist Cherie Byrd, 56, got the idea for teaching kissing classes while dating a man who ...

Is it in his kiss? Oh, yes. Osculation, the scientific term for kissing, in many ways says everything about your compatibility with your mate and the health of your relationship. We asked scientist ...

It’s a rule most of us learn as children: Keep your hands to yourself. And yet it seems that scores of men can’t quite follow it, even — perhaps especially? — when the whole world is watching. The ...