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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

“Am I cool?” is a question we’ve all probably asked ourselves at some point. Or, we may have wondered, “Do they like me?” or “Do I fit in?” But do we know what it means to be cool? Does it mean being ...

Cool people around the world all have the same effortless “it” factors, according to a new study in the Journal of Experimental Psychology. Here & Now ’s Asma Khalid and Robin Young share insight ...

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 ...