Emoji

The introduction of redheaded emojis as draft candidates comes as a victory for gingers who have campaigned for representation in emoji for years.

• By Katie Kilkenny

Historically, written language has been created to represent spoken language. For the first time, that dynamic is working in the opposite direction.

• By Rick Paulas

New research finds a period, or the lack of one, changes the way a text reply is interpreted.

• By Tom Jacobs

A new study shows just how badly college kids crave their emoji-laden communication.

• By Wes Judd

As emoji become a part of our social fabric, they also are factoring into more criminal cases.

• By Bettina Chang