A kiss at midnight to ring in the new year. That's what Friday night should bring, right?  And there's pressure to get it right.

There ia a scientific basis for those high stakes. Whom you kiss can set the course for a good year. Really. It's not magic – it's chemistry and neuroscience.

And no matter how painstakingly you set the scene, in the end chemistry trumps mood music. A kiss is a natural litmus test to help us identify a good partner. Start the first moments of 2011 with the right one, and you're beginning the year on a natural high…

(READ the story in the Washington Post)