Welcome to Summer Cooldown, our weeklong tribute to all things cool in pop culture. Through our role models of chill and our misguided attempts to emulate them, to the DGAF heroes so defiantly uncool ...

Nearly 25 years after Kid Rock released “Cool, Daddy Cool,” the song has sparked newfound controversy. Rock dropped “Cool, Daddy Cool” in 2001, two decades before he was tapped to headline Turning ...

People spend a lot of time, money, and energy trying to be “cool.” Research has found that it's associated with being admired, friendly, and attractive, but mixed on whether it is linked to emotional ...

An international study found cool people are extroverted, open, hedonistic, adventurous, autonomous and powerful. At best, I have three of these traits. Could I change that? Who would you say is ...

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“Sure, cigarettes are bad for you but they make you look good.” That’s the sentiment driving smoking’s recent surge in popularity, said The New York Times. Modern culture has re-romanticised the ...

Whether you're in San Francisco, Santiago, Sydney or Seoul, one thing is universal: People want to be seen as cool. But what does "cool" mean? And does it differ from country to country? My colleagues ...

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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 ...