Clashing with classmates: Off-putting traits spark enemy relationships
It is unpleasant to have an enemy. Most people try to avoid hostilities that escalate to the point of mutual antagonism. Which raises the question:What does it take to make…
Singles differ in personality traits and life satisfaction compared to partnered people
Although being married or in a long-term relationship is often seen as the norm, more people are staying single for life. But singlehood can bring economic and medical disadvantages, especially…
Discovering the traits of extinct birds
Looking to inform the conservation of critically endangered bird species, University of Utah biologists completed an analysis identifying traits that correlate with all 216 bird extinctions since 1500. Species most…
Mitochondrial genome editing technique yields useful traits
North Carolina State University researchers have successfully transferred an important gene from one compartment of a plant cell to another to produce tobacco plants that lack pollen and viable seeds,…