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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Hundreds of sheep have been painted with a bizarre 'smiley face' symbol in fields across the country. The strange image has sparked debate on social networking sites after it was first reported on 20 ...

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Whether viewed as a symbol of hope or used as an expressive emoji, Smiley’s history is one of positivity and innovation. As well as being interwoven within culture and forming part of our everyday ...

For decades, this feel-good symbol has encouraged millions to smile. The happy face and “Have a Nice Day “ helped to define the ‘70s. With two dots and a pencil stroke, schoolchildren have brightened ...

Today emoticons are so pervasive that behavioral science has taken an active interest in how people use them. Among the evidence (recently surveyed by Roni Jacobson at the great new Science of Us blog ...

The man who owns the rights to the iconic "smiley face" symbol has said that only bringing out small numbers of emojis each year limits people's freedom of speech online. Nicolas Loufrani, CEO of The ...

Researchers have found that emoticons, though they obviously resemble little faces, aren't actually processed in our brain the same way. Instead, the smiley symbols have more in common with logographs ...

Twenty-five years ago, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman says, he was the first to use three keystrokes — a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis — as a horizontal "smiley ...

User-Created Clip by CSPANCLASSROOM December 29, 2015 2015-12-20T14:54:03-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/6ed/20151220145553003_hd.jpgCharles Ball talked about ...