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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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. 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 ...

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, ...