The art style and dark humor helped make old cartoons like The Tell-Tale Heart seem as scary as any horror film.

The Uncanny Valley theory has become popular in recent years, describing the psychological stimulus caused by a humanoid/animated character.

There’s something uncanny about the office. And in the case of Apple TV Plus' Severance, it's the uncanny valley.

They are scary because they’re uncanny in the truest sense of the word, by which I mean they’re unsettling yet oddly familiar.

Artificial intelligence Reckoning with generative AI’s uncanny valley This isn’t a problem to be fixed, but instead an opportunity to reassess what the AI industry really wants and expects ...

Cali Bellow’s uncanny valley music spans the sweet and the scary Agriculture bassist and screamer Leah B. Levinson builds an organic world of synthetic sounds on her new album, Ciao Bella.

Historian, writer and horror enthusiast David Goudsward joined GBH’s All Things Considered host Arun Rath — just in time for spooky season — to take a deep dive in his book, “H.P. Lovecraft in the ...

With so much on offer from spooky karaoke, marshmallow toasting, scary stories and a tractor ride to facepainting, arts and crafts and an obstacle course including their mega hay slide, they have ...

Spooky. Due to the Uncanny Valley theory most roboticists have shied away from making artificial limbs and other robotic devices that look too real. But there are some daring exceptions.

The uncanny valley phenomenon poses a significant challenge for marketers and advertisers as advances in technology enable the creation of increasingly lifelike digital representations.