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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Maybe you think you’re cool, or want to be considered cool, or you’re just not sure how to get there. A new study has identified the variables that increase the likelihood of people being perceived as ...

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 ...

There are many memes online joking that cats see their owners as mere servants; in this case, it might actually be true. In a viral TikTok video posted by @partygetsmesoakin on July 1, which has ...

Wearing sunscreen is important to protect your skin from the harmful effects of UV radiation but doesn't cool people off. However, a new formula protects against both UV light and heat from the sun ...

Our Sun will become a white dwarf in about 7 billion years. At that point, it will no longer produce energy through nuclear fusion, having exhausted its fuel (hydrogen and helium). Just like the ...