Plant breeders have always faced a brutal trade-off: the traits that matter most for food security, like drought tolerance or ...

A new perspective published in Biological Diversity links plant functional traits to ecological resilience, offering a more ...

Research on self-concordant goals shows that people experience greater well-being when their actions reflect their authentic ...

You have probably completed a personality test sometime—for fun, or as part of a job application process, perhaps. What do your results mean? Do they reveal what you will do in the future? Probably ...

Many people see traits as something like innate brain circuits or genetic codes that cause our behaviors. This is why, for example, companies measure personality traits of job applicants. If someone ...

Research is pointing to conscientiousness as the one-trait-to-rule-them-all in terms of future success, both career-wise and personal. Via How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power ...