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The viral "uncanny valley" makeup trend is taking over TikTok with more than 40 million views as creators are trying to spook their viewers with their scary good makeup skills.
On today’s episode of ‘Uncanny Valley,’ we discuss how WIRED was able to legally 3D-print the same gun allegedly used by Luigi Mangione, and where US law stands on the technology.
One master craftswoman is singlehandedly populating the uncanny valley of the dolls. Denise Hall, a 37-year-old doll artist from Wales, creates hyperrealistic silicone babies that she later hawks ...
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.
Some kids' movies, especially older ones, weren't afraid to hold back with their scary scenes, being closer to horror movies in practice.
With Halloween approaching, it’s a great time to flick on a scary movie. Here is a selection of recent horror films made in the Hudson Valley.
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.
Tomb Raider, Zelda, San Andreas, and Super Mario Galaxy also have unexpectedly eerie aspects. There are many ways that a game can end up being creepy to play, even if it's not inherently ...
Trick-or-treaters young and old scattered across the Merrimack Valley and southern New Hampshire Tuesday evening, filling up their jack-o-lantern pails with sweets and chocolate.
EXCLUSIVE: New Uncanny X-Men writer Gail Simone tells Den of Geek about making a "sexy, spooky book" in the post-Krakoa era.
If humanoid robots make you a bit queasy — would it help if they had fleshy faces that can smile at you? The uncanny feat is the result of new technology using engineered living skin tissue and ...
Uncanny valley: What’s the latest TikTok makeup trend? How life-like should robots and AI be before they become scary? That question is at the heart of this phenomenon.