Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. "First kiss beliefs" include idealized beliefs that your first kiss with a new ...

Warning: There are spoilers ahead! Ever since the dawn of historically recorded storytelling, romance has been one of the most popular and prolific genres. What is it about these kinds of stories that ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. “The meeting of ...

Rachel Sandell is an experienced editor and proofreader with a love for language and storytelling. A graduate of the creative writing MFA program, The Rainier Writing Workshop, she is the author of ...

New research into Ancient Mesopotamia suggests people kissed romantically 4,500 years ago. The finding would mean humans began kissing 1,000 years earlier than previously thought. The article ...

Beyond lips and tongues, there’s still love. Aside from kissing, there are other ways Nollywood can convey romance. In recent years, Nollywood has become noticeably bolder with how it portrays love.

Intimate kissing (think lip-to-lip contact between two individuals in a sexual context) is typically the first partnered sexual behavior you experience. It's also the most common and the most frequent ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

(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 ...