From Captain Hook to Dick Dastardly and Cruella De Vil, their faces portray evil. Now scientists have worked out what scares us most about a cartoon baddie – their pointy chin. Warwick ...

Scientists at Autism Research Center at Cambridge University have designed a program involving cartoons to help autistic children identify emotions better. Alex Murphy, mother of an autistic child ...

THE Reverend W. Awdry, the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, was on to something in 1943 when he developed the smiling steam engine. It turns out that putting a human face on a cartoon train, bus ...