Her eyes are wide as they stare into yours. You wrap your arm around her waist and pull her in close. She touches your face and you lean in, tilt your head – to the right, of course – and your lips connect. The rushing sensation leaves you little room to wonder, “Why the hell am I doing this anyway?”

Of course, the simplest answer is that humans kiss because it just feels good. But there are people for whom this explanation isn’t quite sufficient. They formally study the anatomy and evolutionary history of kissing and call themselves philematologists.

Of course, we can think of a kiss as somethin careless and just fun. Decide for yourself:

Beer is a fermented beverage principally made from four ingredients: water, malted barley, hops, and yeast. Each one of these ingredients will impart its own flavor characteristics to the finished product, one which is almost as old as civilization itself.

One Egyptian recipe called for bread to be left out in the rain and then allowed to ferment. The result was a soggy but mysteriously invigorating concoction.

Here is how it looks under the microscope:

Staropramen

Photographs of truck drivers for the company International Truck by Filtre Studio.

Filtre worked closely with award-winning photographer Stuart Hall and McCann Erickson NY to enhance a series of images for Mobil 1. A customized color palette and stylistic treatment was created to heighten the drama and speed of the images. A splash of vibrant color was used to punctuate the red-hot brake disk and the shock absorber.