Todd Pezzuti received funding from ANID Chile to conduct this research. From Lagos to Cape Town, Santiago to Seoul, people want to be cool. “Cool” is a word we hear everywhere – in music, in fashion, ...

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 is cool, no matter where you are in the world. That's the conclusion of a new study that surveyed nearly 6,000 people in 13 different countries about what makes a person cool, and found the ...

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 San Francisco to Sydney, Chile to China, cultures vary greatly around the world. But a new study reveals there’s an international consensus when it comes to what it means to be ‘cool’.

Six traits can determine your ‘it’ factor, according to researchers who measured coolness around the globe. By Christina Caron Is there a secret sauce that helps explain why people as different as ...

Every once in a while a seemingly pointless computing question of mine becomes an obsession. This week, that question is, "Whatever happened to music visualizers? And can I still use one?" In the ...

Walking in the St. Albans neighborhood of Queens, New York, LL COOL J said, "I love this hood, man. Love this neighborhood. Love everything about it. Love the energy. I made a name for myself rappin' ...

To get an idea of how far back LL COOL J's contributions to hip-hop go, take a close listen to his recollection of a conversation with Q-Tip that became the genesis of his new album THE FORCE. Q-Tip ...

LL Cool J‘s “Murdergram Deux,” a bass-heavy track off of his latest album The Force, marked the rapper’s first collaboration with Eminem. The rap legends have now teamed up again for the single’s ...

Scant months after Q-Tip publicly debated the dubiousness of an “adult-contemporary hip-hop” category on social media comes a completely Tip-produced new album by his Queens neighbor LL Cool J — the ...