The Curiosity Desk

First up.... Mass. is one week into a new system tracking Alpha-Gal syndrome across the state. The worst concentrations remain on Martha’s Vineyard – but not Nantucket. What’s going on? We'll explore all things Alpha-Gal with biologist Patrick Roden-Reynolds and epidemiologist Lea Hamner, both from The Martha’s Vineyard Tick Program. 

Then.. We get caught up on Four Things To Know for today, with Gal Tziperman-Lotan who writes the GBH Daily Newsletter. 

Lastly, we addressing the pressing question: how does an emoji make it from concept to smartphone? We’ll ask Joan Donovan, who helped co-create the beaver emoji. She’ll join alongside Jennifer 8. Lee, a member of the Unicode Emoji Standard and Research Working Group.