In 1970, roboticist Masahiro Mori coined the term “uncanny valley” to explain how machines will suddenly and drastically creep a lot of people out as they become more humanlike. Eventually, as the ...

The Uncanny Valley Explained - Why Robots, Dolls and Mannequins are Creepy The Uncanny Valley is a common unsettling, anxious, creepy feeling people experience when androids, robots, dolls, mannequins ...

Cats, a sung-through 1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber fever dream based on a T.S. Eliot book of children’s poems about cats and sociology, is the latest musical to get the live-action treatment. It’s not the ...

TikTok users are showing off their makeup skills with looks designed to make viewers feel uncomfortable in a very specific way. The trend is called “uncanny valley makeup,” and it stems from the ...

A new makeup trend that involves channeling the unsettling feelings sparked by lifelike robots has taken TikTok by storm. Uncanny valley defined: The "uncanny valley" refers to the unsettling ...

Even if we can’t “see them”, programs like ChatGPT's ability to emote like a human gives some people an eerie feeling. Scientists have a few theories on why this phenomenon happens. Humanoid robots ...

A new analysis of brain scans may explain why hyperrealistic androids and animated characters can be creepy. By measuring people’s neural activity as they viewed pictures of humans and robots, ...

As we veer slightly back into the world of Tumblr-esque indie-sleaze glam, it likely comes as no surprise that the makeup looks to hit your "For You" page are starting to change. They're likely a bit ...

Robots are already saving human lives, but we still don’t have to like them. Despite robots’ best efforts to please us, a lot of humans are still weirded out by lifelike artificial beings, though it’s ...

A new TikTok trend features users doing their makeup to appear like unsettling, humanoid creatures to invoke an uneasy feeling called the “uncanny valley,” which researchers believe is caused by ...