More Plant And Fungi Emojis, Please!

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🗓️ 15 December 2023

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A team of conservation biologists from Italy recently found that current emoji options are sorely lacking when it comes to life outside of vertebrates in the animal kingdom. Sure, there are multiple dog and cat options to choose from. But when it comes to fungi, for example, the choices are limited ... to one. The study was published this week in the journal iScience argues that our emoji lexicon is in dire need of some biodiversity – which could have a real impact on the way people communicate about conservation.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:05.0	Hey Short Waivers, Regina Barbara here, and this time I've brought Viet Lay from behind the scenes to report with me.
0:11.0	Hey Viet!
0:12.0	Hey, Gina. And Viet, for our regular roundup of
0:15.1	science news, the one the only Wanna Summers is here.
0:18.6	Hello, thanks for having me back.
0:20.4	Great to have you back. As always, we're going to share three science stories in the news that have caught our attention recently.
0:25.8	A study about the lack of biodiversity in emojis.
0:29.0	Okay, but you know I do love a good penguin emoji.
0:31.6	Now I know. Me too.
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