A global study involving nearly 6,000 participants from 12 countries has revealed that people around the world share similar ideas about what makes someone 'cool'. According to Phys.org, the research ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

From Chile to China, cultures vary greatly around the globe, but people in at least a dozen countries agree about what it means to be cool, according to research published by the American ...

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 ...