From Lagos to Cape Town, Santiago to Seoul, people want to be cool. “Cool” is a word we hear everywhere – in music, in fashion, on social media. We use it to describe certain types of people. But what ...

Regina George, Jay Gatsby and Olivia Pope are among the powerful, extroverted characters who check the "cool" boxes. But, the researchers behind the new study note, that isn't always the same thing as ...

On a special episode (first released on August 27, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Is coolness just a vibe—or something deeper? A new global study spanning 12 countries finds surprising common traits ...

As '70s-ish as the term seems to be, “cool” never seems to go out of style as a desirable attribute. If you have kids or work with them, you’ll likely still hear them put their friends into the two ...

An international team of researchers may have just cracked the code for what makes someone “cool.” And no matter where you live, the personality traits that make someone “cool” appear to be consistent ...