Not a lot of people are sending messages flush with 💩 emoji. Users aren’t accenting outraged tweets with 😱 faces. No, according to a new report from Apple, most emoji users are crying tears of joy.

Today there are north of 3,500 accepted emoji characters. They appear in politics, movies, texts, our sex lives, and more. But emoji’s impact has never been explored in full. Keith Houston follows ...

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Contextual factors may affect if tears are perceived as sincere or manipulative tears, including the gender and perceived warmth of the crier A new study adds to evidence suggesting that people’s ...

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A 10-year-old Chihuahua named Carmen Belle has found her happily ever after, just weeks after being surrendered to a shelter by her owners. Carmen was dropped off at a Los Angeles shelter on July 2, ...