Simple, visual alerts still have their place in the milking parlour, even in the era of smart cow technology. A sequence of three dots followed by a line on the back of a cow’s udder serve to create a ...

Ever noticed the hundreds of smiley faces graffitied on buildings, the back of road signs, guardrails, power boxes, reservoirs, bridges and bus shelters around Tasmania? They appear everywhere and are ...

The Greenland Ice Sheet has once again taken on a surreal summer appearance, this time captured in striking detail by NASA’s Landsat 9 satellite. According to a recentNASA Earth Observatory report ...

Linguists and language pedants generally say no. In “Face With Tears of Joy: A Natural History of Emoji,” Keith Houston, weighing the evidence, concurs. He asserts, however, that there is “a richness ...

How are smiley-face fireworks made? Nurture Nature Center explains how. Nurture Nature Center’s docent Jeff Mucklin explains how a smiley face fireworks is made with different chemicals that burn ...

Emojis have long been the language of casual conversation — a smiley face to soften a message, a thumbs-up to signal approval, a wink to add playful nuance. But today, these tiny icons are showing up ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. It's an illusion created in the night sky when a crescent ...

Smiling at Gen Z? Better watch your back. What used to be the universal symbol of warmth and joy has taken a sinister turn — at least in the eyes of Gen Z. The classic smiley face emoji now means ...

The Paramount+ series “Happy Face” is based on true events, but is there more to the story? “Happy Face” has not yet been renewed for season 2, but the season 1 finale ended on a bit of a cliffhanger.

A rare celestial event on Thursday and running into Friday will give skygazers a creative way to see a smiley face in the early morning sky. Though it's not exactly an emoji, this interesting grouping ...

The moon, Saturn and Venus will create a rare smiley face in the sky later this week. Sometimes things line up in fun ways. That is set to happen early Friday morning in the night sky as the moon, ...