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Julie Zhuo, product design director at Facebook, demonstrates the new emoji-like stickers users can press in addition to the like button. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption

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When You Want To Express Empathy, Skip The Emoji

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Friday

Santiago Ramón y Cajal: Microglia in the grey matter of the cerebral cortex, 1920; Chinese ink and graphite on paper; 69-5/16 x 6 5/32 in. Courtesy and © Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Cajal Legacy, Instituto Cajal (CSIC), Madrid hide caption

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Courtesy and © Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Cajal Legacy, Instituto Cajal (CSIC), Madrid

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Is the English spelling system irrational? Gary Waters/Getty Images/Ikon Images hide caption

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Changes To French Spelling Make Us Wonder: Why Is English So Weird?

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia takes part in an interview on July 27, 2012 in Washington, DC. Paul Morigi/Getty Images hide caption

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A Moment Of Civility

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Friday

Dr. Tom Frieden (left), director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies about Zika virus with Dr. Anthony Fauci (center), director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Dr. Ariel Pablos-Mendez, assistant administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development's Bureau for Global Health, on Capitol Hill on Feb. 10. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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