John Protzko News Today

With the revelation that groups of ten and 11-year-olds, part of the generation known as “Gen Alpha”, are making skincare smoothies with testers at the beauty retailer Sephora, many people are not pleased with how the next generation is acting. Gen Alpha is the first generation to be exposed to social media at a young…

With best practices, high replicability is achievable in social-behavior sciences research, researchers report.

Roughly two decades ago, a community-wide reckoning emerged concerning the credibility of published literature in the social-behavioral sciences, especially psychology. Several large scale studies attempted to reproduce previously published findings to no avail or to a much lesser magnitude, sending the credibility of the findings -; and future studies in social-behavioral sciences -; into question.

In a six year study, labs at UC Santa Barbara, UC Berkeley, Stanford and U of Virginia, discovered and replicated 16 novel findings in social-behavioral studies using the best available research practices. Their findings suggest that with best practices, high replicability is achievable.

In the vast landscape of intergenerational dynamics, of late, a new rivalry has spawned: the culture war between Millennials and Gen Z. It wasn’t too long ago when Millennials used to be the butt of all jokes; the target of its preceding generations’ ridicule. But now we’re posed firmly at the frontline against the Gen-Z, taking over the unwelcome mantle from our age-weary predecessors: The lovely Boomers.

Are today’s teens and young adults really any “worse” than their parents were at that age?

This is not just “Kids these days”

A look at coastal stressors, cynical seniors and the relationship -or lack thereof- between wealth and health.

A look at happy trees, aging flies and "aha" moments through the lens of UCSB researchers.