Derek Beres

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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Move over deepfakes. Multi-agent artificial intelligence is poised to manipulate your mind.
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Polls never reveal who we really are. Google does.
FieldTrip is advancing the realm of clinical psychedelic testing.
Even before publication, health agencies were asking the journal not to publish the research.
Those silky tea bags might be releasing plastics into your digestive system.
Some say Islam is not a religion. Here's why all faiths should contest that.