How New Emojis Are Created

The group in charge of emojis is issuing some new designs, and scientists are buzzing. Researchers studying mushrooms, rocks, microbes, and insects enjoy using emojis to represent their work. They are happy to have appropriate images to share on social media, even if the emojis do not represent every scientific detail correctly. Listen to learn which group of animals has the most emojis, which groups are not well represented, and what happened when marine scientists complained about the accuracy of the squid emoji.