A kiss is one of the simplest gestures humans share, yet it carries an extraordinary depth of meaning. It can express love, longing, comfort, passion, reverence, reconciliation, and even farewell.

Lip kissing is an act that’s so natural and common in many present-day societies it is easily taken for granted. But it’s not actually clear whether people have always been kissing, or whether its ...

Kissing, for all popularity, is a bit of a mystery. Scientists have long debated when humans’ ancestors first put their lips together, and whether the act is simply a cultural trait. A new study ...

(CNN) — “The meeting of lips is the most perfect, the most divine sensation given to human beings, the supreme limit of happiness.” So wrote the 19 th century French author Guy de Maupassant in his ...

Valentine's Week 2026 culminates with Kiss Day on February 13, celebrating the profound, wordless communication a kiss offers ...

Kissing is often labelled a Western import, but history tells a different story. From Vedic texts to Khajuraho sculptures and the Kama Sutra, India documented and studied the art of intimacy centuries ...

A couple of years ago, while I was at a dog park and having a great time watching dogs play, I heard a young girl screaming to her mom, "Look, look -- Rosie is making out with Henry!" I turned around ...