First dates can be a little nerve-wracking, especially when you don’t know what to expect. Questions such as: “Will they like me?”, “Can I kiss on the first date?”, and “When should I follow up about ...

As Valentine’s Day draws near, candy hearts emblazoned with XOXO, as in “hugs and kisses,” remind us that love is in the air. But why XO? Why not AB? Or XY? It turns out that XO, which has been ...

It’s high time we put the most enduring myths about human behavior to bed, and see the mind—and the world—as it is. I don’t often write about cultural nonverbals, after all there are so many cultures ...

Learn when to kiss, hug or fist bump. Britain's Duchess of Cambridge Kate, left, receives a hongi, a traditional Maori welcome, from Maori Elder Hiria Hape at their official welcome ceremony, in ...

Handshakes are out. So are hugs and kisses. But fist-bumps may be OK. Travel customs have changed a lot during the pandemic. Now, with the busy spring and summer vacation season just ahead, prepare ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Screenwriter Tony Kushner got a kiss and a hug, actor Hugh Jackman found his first Oscar nomination "a bit surreal," and singer Adele felt a bit like screen legend Meryl Streep.