Every other Friday, the Outside/In team answers one listener question about the natural world. This week's question comes from Maria calling from Seattle. "When I was a kid, occasionally my dad would ...

I first discovered ASMR while in a strange corner of YouTube. I had just watched a 20-second video of seagulls and another 30-minute video chronicling the fertility struggles of a Florida couple named ...

A woman with a Russian accent gives you a bath. A lady in a bathrobe asks permission to touch your hair. A man with a long beard quietly pretends to sell you “the potent remains of those turned to ash ...

Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) has become a new craze in the social media age, though the practice has been around for much longer. Many YouTube channels and apps are now dedicated to ...

ASMR videos give those watching a real and measurable elevation in mood. But what exactly is ASMR and what does it do to our brain? In this week’s Science with Sam we look at the science of ASMR. 25 ...

Does listening to a whisper send a tingle through your scalp? Do you find watching the snip of scissors around your ears at the hair salon soothing? How about the sound of nails clicking softy, the ...

I have ASMR. Or maybe the correct phrasing is that I’m susceptible to ASMR. It’s tough to talk about the phenomenon, because ASMR lacks the mandatory scientific evidence that proves, well, its ...

As infection rates and deaths rise globally, so too does the general anxiety around our current global health crisis. For ASMR creatives and enthusiasts, that’s where these coronavirus-roleplay videos ...

Maybe you're not the sort of person who gets hungry easily. You can walk the aisles of the supermarket without so much as a stomach rumble. You can peruse the pages of cookbooks without your mouth ...