Shredding gold slime looks (and sounds) fantastic

Here you go. This will fix you right up. It's 7 hours of the soothing sounds of perpetual rain and ambient techno as you fly through a dark neon-lit futuristic cityscape. A new life awaits us in the off-world colonies! Image: Screengrab READ THE REST

I love that people are starting to brand unnarrated build videos as ASMR. In this vid, Chop with Chris builds a lovely little dogsled using nothing more than hand tools. Definitely fun and oddly soothing to watch. Image: YouTube READ THE REST

On a hilltop in Burney, Lancashire, the Singing Ringing Tree hums with the sound of the breeze blowing through its tubes. Enjoy the birds, wind, and sunset in this ASMR video by Richard Cutler. Via Wikipedia: Completed in 2006, it is part of the series of four sculptures within the Panopticons arts and regeneration project created by… READ THE REST

Terms like revolutionary and groundbreaking get thrown around a lot in the tech arena. Sometimes, they're warranted. Other times…not so much. Then, there are buzzy new paradigm-shifting technologies that, even for all of their press, might actually be underrated in light of their ultimate global impact. Those keyed in the know that blockchaining is the… READ THE REST

Here's an entirely uncontroversial statement: the convenience of smartphones and tablets is amazing. At no point in human history has so much information, communication, and entertainment been available in such a tiny package. But, that minuscule size is one of the only downsides of a smartphone, a tablet, or even a laptop. If you want to… READ THE REST

No one needs to tell you that the cost of higher education is astronomical. A year of tuition and fees at the average American private university will cost over $37,000, while even a public school option for in-state students will likely set you back over $10,000 a year. Heap on housing, food, and utilities, as… READ THE REST