It has been long thought that one of the characteristics that makes humans unique is our ability to learn and manipulate symbols for communication. However, this notion is starting to slowly unravel.

__1803: __English chemist-physicist John Dalton starts using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements. Dalton, considered the father of modern atomic theory, made a logbook entry that day ...

Whoever said that a picture is worth a thousand words must not have foreseen the invention of the emoji. In the form of a tiny yet highly detailed graphic, the emoji not only represents the words we ...