D’Acquisto F, Rattazzi L, Piras G. Smile—It’s in your blood! Biochem Pharmacol. 2014;91(3):287-292. doi:10.1016/j.bcp.2014.07.016 Since I was small, I have always loved learning interesting facts and asking questions. It is rewarding to know how things work, and that is why I love science. I remember when I was in kindergarten; I went to a clinic and read a health leaflet about fever. It was the first time I realised fever is actually not a disease, but a symptom of disease! I told my parents, my cousins, my classmates, my teachers… everyone I knew. That feeling of sharing knowledge was undoubtedly good. Humans are the only known species in the world to gain pleasure from acquiring knowledge, and sharing knowledge is just like sharing joy with others.

Practice Smiling: Smile. Do it right now as you read this. Put a big, warm smile on your face. Not a fake, strange smile, but a real smile, like you are seeing an old friend after several years. Now, think of something unhappy, but keep smiling. It is difficult to hold an unhappy or negative thought in your mind while keeping a smile on your face. Smiling can help increase happiness and decrease negativity.Kraft TL, Pressman SD. Grin and bear it: The influence of manipulated facial expression on the stress response. Psychol Sci. 2012;23(11):1372-1378. doi:10.1177/0956797612445312 In future, I will continue to spread my happiness, by sharing fascinating scientific facts and the rewarding feeling of sharing knowledge with others. Motivated by the power of curiosity, the joy of learning and the pleasure of sharing, I believe more and more of us will become experts in scientific fields, and revolutionise people’s way of living.

Diener E, Chan MY. Happy people live longer: Subjective well-being contributes to health and longevity. Appl Psychol Health Well Being. 2011;3(1):1-43. doi:10.1111/j.1758-0854.2010.01045.x Wood A, Rychlowska M, Korb S, Niedenthal P. Fashioning the face: Sensorimotor simulation contributes to facial expression recognition. Trends Cogn Sci. 2016;20(3):227-240. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2015.12.010 Ding Li is the winner of FameLab in Hong Kong, a competition designed to discover the world's most talented young science communicators. Here, she explains her winning presentation on the science of smiling. Have you ever tried to hold a pencil with your teeth? Researchers had proven that intentionally exercising your zygomaticus major muscle and orbicularis oculi muscle can actually make us feel better. How? It is like holding a pencil with your teeth, or simply, smiles! Tip #1: Use A Clear Eyeshadow Primer A makeup primer can help fill in lines, blur imperfections, and increase the lifespan of your makeup look. Since eye primers can help create a smoother canvas on those naturally wrinkled places like your eyelids it makes them perfect for preventing creasing on other parts of your face. Just use your fingertips to spread a thin layer of primer around your mouth and blend in before applying your makeup.Tip #2: Get Creative With Concealer Beyond being a miracle worker when it comes to hiding blemishes, a little bit of concealer can go a long way to hiding other imperfections, such as smile lines and wrinkles, in this case. Use just a tiny dab of the L’Oréal Paris Infallible Pro-Glow Concealer after or in place of your foundation and blend in to soften any harsh lines. Abel EL, Kruger ML. Smile intensity in photographs predicts longevity. Psychol Sci. 2010;21(4):542-544. doi:10.1177/0956797610363775 Emoji name Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes Symbol 😊 Codepoint U+1f60a Shortcode :blush: Category Smileys & Emotion Keywords beauty (130) • cute (125) • beautiful (124) • smiley (92) • happy (67) • excited (51) • good (50) • hooray (49) • good job (32) • pleased (26) Windows Alt-code Alt+1f60a Decimal HTML Entity 😊 Hex HTML Entity 😊 UTF-16 hex 0xd83d 0xde0a Encoded URL %F0%9F%98%8A Version Unicode 6.0 Year 2010 Pressman SD, Acevedo AM, Hammond KV, Kraft-Feil TL. Smile (Or grimace) through the pain? The effects of experimentally manipulated facial expressions on needle-injection responses. Emotion. Published online November 23, 2020. doi:10.1037/emo0000913