Earth has millions of fungi species, but the official emoji library has only one: Amanita muscaria, the red-capped, white-spotted mushroom found in fairy tale picture books and Super Mario Brothers. A ...

On Instagram, infographics about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza are punctuated with the watermelon emoji. In captions of TikTok videos calling for a ceasefire, the emoji replaces words like ...

As communication about science and health increasingly moves online, new ways are emerging for people to participate in public dialogue about advances in science. One of these is the use of emojis – ...

In 2018, a number of science emojis, including a DNA molecule, microbe, laboratory coat and Petri dish, appeared on our phone keyboards. Over the following three years, several other science emojis ...

Pick a screen, any screen, and chances are someone is deep in a text conversation. While phone calls are still around, texting has become the go-to means of communication across generations. Where ...