( NewsNation) — A new industry dedicated to creating realistic dolls known as “reborns” is gaining popularity across the U.S. Reborn babies are silicone dolls made to look lifelike and are typically ...

The short story anthology 'The Resistance: Reborns' will be available in January. By Graeme McMillan In 2021, the Resistance grows. Reborns is a collection of short stories set in the aftermath of the ...

Now in its second year — but already one of the largest conventions of its kind in the world — the R.O.S.E. International Doll Show will shine a light on the lifelike world of reborn baby dolls. The ...

Imagine you’re a Target employee and you see a baby plummet from a high shelf. You rush over to help the baby’s family, heart pounding, but they appear totally unbothered. In fact, they’re laughing.

Kelli Maple tenderly sets her bundle of joy, Naomi, into a Nuna car seat and drives her to the mall. When they arrive, Maple, 23, places little Naomi, dressed in a onesie and hair bow, into a high-end ...

Would you like a hyper-realistic silicone doll that looks and feels just like a real baby, complete with umbilical cord? How about one with tattoos on its face? Or a baby alien from the film Avatar?

A woman who calls herself Mommy of 2 Reborns [realistic dolls that are often purchased by mothers who’ve suffered infant loss or miscarriages] on TikTok has attracted backlash about giving her ‘babies ...

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 for ...

Lainey Picton spends her spare time making "reborns", realistic life-sized dolls the same size and weight as human babies. But some of her creations have started to take on an alternative look thanks ...

They look, feel, and weigh almost exactly like real babies, but they are not. Known as 'reborn dolls', these hyper-realistic baby dolls are gaining popularity in the UAE, with more residents ...