A woman who describes herself as a "mum to 250 babies" has a vast and rapidly growing collection of reborn dolls. Sylvia Heszterterenyiova, 51, from Sydney, Australia, says she has a 'special bond' ...

Jess Ellis, 29, from Newham, London, owns 15 reborn dolls to “practise” parenting after struggling with PCOS. She says the dolls are calming, release similar maternal hormones, and help women coping ...

A woman who owns 15 reborn dolls says she fears the Kira Cousins fake baby scandal will make people think doll collectors are “crazy.” Jess Ellis, 29, from London, began collecting the lifelike dolls ...

Beautifully crafted - if not just a little bit creepy - Reborn dolls can be so lifelike that it will take you a minute to realise you're not cooing over the real thing. A young 22-year-old woman from ...

The "mum" at the centre of the fake baby scandal has shared a series of posts addressing the scam that shocked social media. Kira Cousins, 22, has been accused of duping those closest to her into ...

An aspiring mum who owns 16 reborn dolls has hit out at a recent 'fake baby scandal' which has had the internet in a chokehold. Jess Ellis, 29, explained how she began creating and collecting the ...

Belladonna, mandrake and mugwort may be better known for magic than medicine, but these so-called witches’ herbs helped shape modern pharmacology.

A fake baby scandal has rocked a Scots community after claims a young “mum” duped her friends and family into believing a doll was her newborn. Kira Cousins, from Airdrie, is accused of wearing a ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

A few years ago the Mattel Toy Co. proudly announced the world’s first pregnant doll, a married Barbie clone named Mrs. Hart. The news accounts at the time were very short on specifics, so I called ...

In this episode, Claudine Wong and Lisa Bernard explore one of the most promising frontiers of artificial intelligence: healthcare. Nearly 80% of healthcare executives say they’re already piloting or ...