Now This Is What We Need – Science Emoji’s!

Science Emoji’s Are Closer Than You Think

Have you ever felt out of sorts with a list of emoji’s that fall short of your scientific wit? Then you may want to rejoice. A group of those fascinated with science are working with designers to create a series of science themed emoji’s. The proposed initial images in the line include safety goggles, a petri dish, a double helix and more.

The new designs were submitted on November 6 and are part of a formal proposal that was sent to Unicode Consortium. This is the group that is responsible for the official list of emoji’s that are used around the world. Perhaps most interesting is this is the same team that intends to increase the number of plants to include more than just Earth with Pluto as one of the proposed additions at this time.

While there is no definite timeframe on the inclusion, it is safe to say that things will likely come to fruition in 2017. One of the reasons why the push has become so strong is that science is now viewed as something more than just a geeky profession thanks to the cast of The Big Bang Theory. More people are using scientific references in their humor and with an influx of scientists in college, there is also a need for emoji’s that scream my experiment went wrong to look out Albert Einstein here I come.

Discover more at Nature.com