Research suggests kissing helps us assess compatibility, build attachment, and maintain intimacy long after the first date.

Learn how sharing a kiss can impact attraction, promote attachment, and spark arousal in your romantic relationship.

A kiss may be on your list as one of the best things in life. But have you ever thought about how kissing evolved in the first place into such a meaningful activity for humans? After all, even though ...

Kissing carries different meanings across cultures, while changing laws increasingly focus on consent, personal choice, and ...

So here's something fun I discovered: making out actually burns calories! Who knew, right? I'll be honest – when my friend first told me this, I laughed. But then I started digging into the research, ...

Making out. Puckering up. Smooching. Snogging. Lip-locking. Tongue-wrestling. Rounding first base. Sucking-face. Whatever you call it, one of our favorite facts about kissing is that it can contribute ...

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A team at the University of Warwick is suggesting that human kissing evolved from grooming behaviors observed in ancestral great apes. In a study, "The Evolutionary Origin of Human Kissing," published ...

Some papers suggest romantic kissing began about 3,500 years ago. But a new review in the journal Science shows it was mentioned in much older clay tablets, from an area that's now modern-day Iraq.

If I asked you to imagine your dream snog, chances are it wouldn't be with a Neanderthal; burly and hirsute as they may be. However, my team's new research suggests that these squat beefcakes might ...