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 ...

ASMR videos create pleasurable feelings through sensory triggers, like stroking a microphone. A new sub-genre does the same thing, while being insulting or mean to viewers for comedic effect. Viewers ...

ASMR has been trending long enough that most people have at least heard of this brain tingling sensation. Nowadays, tons of people use ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) to reduce anxiety and ...

Have you ever experienced that wonderful, tingling sensation near the crown of your head after hearing someone whisper, or crinkle a bag, or cut through construction paper? Well, there's a name for ...

There are millions of YouTube channels with people crinkling bubble wrap or whispering about folding laundry. Our guest talks about why autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) makes her, and many ...

ASMR is a massive subculture on YouTube where creators whisper, eat, and flutter their fingers softly into a highly sensitive microphone. Many fans say they experience "brain tingles" when they watch ...

When 22-year-old college student Abby Webster watches ASMR to fall asleep, she takes special precautions. "I have a roommate, and I angle my laptop away because I'm like, 'I don't want anyone to see ...

Her voice never registers above a whisper. She stares at you with soft eyes. Then slowly, she turns the pages of a book, tapping her fingers softly against the paper. The sound of her voice and ...