News in Brief Redheaded Emoji May Finally Be Coming to the Internet The introduction of redheaded emojis as draft candidates comes as a victory for gingers who have campaigned for representation in emoji for years. Katie Kilkenny
News in Brief The Unique Linguistic Effects of ‘Laughing Out Loud’ Historically, written language has been created to represent spoken language. For the first time, that dynamic is working in the opposite direction. Rick Paulas
Environment OMG! In Text Messages, Punctuation Conveys Meaning New research finds a period, or the lack of one, changes the way a text reply is interpreted. Tom Jacobs
Education College Kids Will Literally Text Through Anything A new study shows just how badly college kids crave their emoji-laden communication. Wes Judd
Social Justice Be Careful What You Emoji As emoji become a part of our social fabric, they also are factoring into more criminal cases. Bettina Chang