When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...

You ever wonder why some movies make you want to take a nap? If you think it’s because they bored you to death, that may not be the case. It could just be the euphoric sensation, or “brain tingles,” ...

I’m not sure when it was that I first became aware of the engrossing strangeness of online ASMR culture, but I know that it was 2017 when I first fell down the rabbit hole of attempting to understand ...

According to the National Library of Medicine, ASMR is a newly coined abbreviation for "Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response." Colloquially, ASMR is also known as “brain tingles." It is used to ...

Keyboards click continuously under the typing fingers of an office. A diva with a sunrise yellow manicure taps their nails like spider legs from pinkie to index finger. A virgo doing origami folds a ...

Between 2020 being a dumpster fire of a year, and our not-so-healthy social media spirals frequently reminding us of it, it’s really no surprise that many of us have been struggling to get a good ...

Slicing soap is part of the broader ASMR scene. Every two weeks, Kaelin Brady scours her local shops in search of soap. But the 28-year-old's routine is not a body odor-related chore: it's so she can ...

It’s a massage for your brain, and thousands are tuning in, hoping for a better night sleep. ASMR, or Autonomic Sensory Meridian Response, is one of the fastest growing trends on the internet.