Being cool is hard. And understanding what it means to be cool is also hard. A fair amount of psychological research in the last decades has been devoted to analyzing what it means to be cool. A very ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Study shows traits of cool people are surprisingly consistent across cultures, revealing a global understanding of what it means ...

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 ...

Being cool is more than just a state of mind. What exactly makes someone "cool?" Is it a rebellious attitude? Effortlessly good looks? Are they traits that are cultivated or simply part of a person's ...

“Cool” people across the world tend to have these six personality traits in common. “Am I cool?” is a question we’ve all probably asked ourselves at some point. Or, we may have wondered, “Do they like ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. There’s something about turning 40 that flips a switch in your brain. Things you used to think were ...

The definition of “cool” would seem to be an ephemeral thing. (We’re not talking temperature here. We’re talking James Dean, Serena Williams, and Arthur Fonzarelli cool.) What inspires one to admire ...

At some point, you probably wanted to be cool. Maybe it was in middle school gym class, or maybe it was just last week at the company offsite. Cool has a gravitational pull—the polished, confident, ...

There’s something about turning 40 that flips a switch in your brain. Things you used to think were the epitome of cool suddenly start to feel… unnecessary. It’s not that you stop caring about style, ...

Across the world, the idea of being “cool” may sound like a fleeting label, but a large global study shows that it’s something deeper—and surprisingly consistent. From Australia to Nigeria, people ...