The smiling poo emoji is in fact a Japanese good luck symbol. Niki Selken’s addiction began simply enough: she started collecting Japanese stationery when she was in college and pretty soon she ...

When emoji appear with text, they often supplement or enhance the writing. This is similar to gestures that appear along with speech. Over the past three decades, research has shown that our hands ...

The pizza, the strawberry, the smiling poo: emoji are everywhere—but does anybody know what they really mean? How did these messaging symbols evolve, and are they a new frontier of language ...