A scientist at the University of California, Riverside is designing an emoji-based measurement system to aid communication between patients and doctors, arguing they could be particularly useful for patients who cannot speak.
The planet's temperature spiked on Tuesday to its hottest day in at least 44 years and likely much longer, and Wednesday could become the third straight day Earth unofficially marks a record-breaking high, the latest in a series of climate-change extremes that alarm but don't surprise scientists.