“As an interesting by-product, we improve the kissing numbers in dimensions 25 through 31.” — from the description of a talk to be given on Monday, March 7, 2011 at Northeastern University, by mathematician Abhinav Kumar (whose Erdös Number is 2 — a fact of interest to those interested in Erdös Numbers. (Thanks to investigator […]
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Kissing game of adolescents in Iowa
The history of studies of kissing games of adolescents in the American state of Iowa reached its first high point in 2005, with the publication of the book: The Kissing Game: Roots of Courtship, 1923-1931, from Gramps’ Diary, by Clair B. Heyer.
Kissing Games of Adolescents in Ohio
The history of studies of kissing games of adolescents in the American state of Ohio reached its first high point in 1959, with the publication of: “The Kissing Games of Adolescents in Ohio,” Brian Sutton-Smith, Midwest Folklore, vol. 9, 1959, pp. 189-211.
Kissing Inclinations, Amsterdam
“…what happens if a person who prefers to kiss with the head turned to the right attempts to kiss a person who prefers to kiss with the head turned to the left.“? This potentially awkward social situation is the subject of a new scientific analysis from researchers at the MOVE Research Institute based at Vrije […]