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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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New research verifies that each addresses a separate cognitive domain.
Neuroscience research shows that variety is important for healthy individuals and healthy societies.
Spiritual capitalism started in the sixties. Today it has been mastered.
A DEA memo reveals that the agency is considering removing marijuana from its list of Schedule 1 substances.
A recent study shows that non-believers are more tolerant of Islam than Christians and other groups.
A recent Pew Research Study finds women to be the more religious gender worldwide.
Religious talk has been eerily quiet in the GOP race. But that doesn't mean it's absent.
Therapeutic research on LSD stopped in 1968. Now we're rediscovering its value.
Nearly a quarter of Americans rely on sleeping pills—a trend that's feeding obesity and depression levels.
Refusing to allow terminally ill patients the right to end their life is a cruel and inhumane relic of religious thinking.
Hallucinations are a feature of our brain's hardware. Could religious visions be accounted for by this neurological phenomenon?
When Francis Bellamy penned our pledge in 1892, his focus was really on the 'liberty and justice for all' part.
Ra Paulette spent 20 years carving caves into soapstone mountains. His passion for the transcendent brings us back to Earth.
Understanding how to become more resilient could rely on a simple linguistic shift.
Response to the passing of Antonin Scalia has been truly bipartisan: No one's mourning and everyone's demanding.
We often think of willpower as mentally forging ahead. But to achieve such a mental state, our brain needs proper nourishment.
Democracy is happening like never before, and it's exploiting our deepest fears and failures.
Our ape ancestors might give us insight into the GOP frontrunner's sustained dominance.
If you ask an American politician, God is crushing hard on America.
A complete refusal to accept basic facts has made a religion of our gun obsession.