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Derek Beres
Derek Beres is a freelance writer. Based in Portland, Oregon, he has served in senior editorial positions at a number of tech companies and has years of experience in health, science, and music writing. He is the co-host of the Conspirituality podcast and co-author of Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracies Became a Health Threat.
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Psychedelics are experiencing a resurgence. What can we learn from bad trips?
Turns out narcissistic personality disorders might be hiding a confrontation with fears of inadequacy.
From obesity and heart attacks to mental disorders and compromised immune systems, a lack of sleep is deadly.
Can the art of communal bathing teach us to be more social animals?
A group of expert geologists declared that a new epoch influenced by human impact has begun.
Advances in our understanding of cognitive processes are proving tremendous. When it comes to understanding consciousness, you might say the ghost in the machine is a chemical engineer.
Pascal's Wager has been betted on for three-and-a-half centuries. Was he asking the right question?
With a renaissance going on in psychedelic research, is making us better people included?
We know that both aerobic exercise and meditation help curb depression. What happens when these interventions are combined?
The placebo effect is real. Why don't many people agree?
We know the benefits about positivity. What about grumpiness?
Turns out terror attacks and political grandstanding are not increasing panic. It might just be a cooptation of our memory system.
While cupping hit the mainstream thanks to Olympic athletes, the practice has a religious history in Islam.
The California State Assembly named August Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month.
The GOP wants to repeal the Johnson Amendment, once again uniting church and state.
A new study from the Mayo Clinic revealed that only 2.7 percent of Americans live a healthy lifestyle. Perhaps the problem is their definition of healthy.
While progress has been made in understanding the mechanisms behind consciousness, a seemingly limitless neuronal interaction makes discovering a point of origin challenging.
Bill Nye changed his mind. Over a hundred Nobel laureates are combating Greenpeace. Will activists ever consider the science?
Over 3,000 studies have shown acupuncture to be no better than a placebo. Yet it has led researchers to discover something that might aid in pain relief.
Up to 70 per cent of runners are injured every year. Is this really necessary?