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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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Discrimination is up across the board.
The animal we fear most? Spiders.
Barbara Tversky takes an outdated idea to task in Mind in Motion.
The more we learn about the microbiome, the more the pieces are fitting together.
We're going to have to reckon with our workweek sooner than later.
Three academic papers from Australia shows sizable bone spurs growing at the base of our skulls.
A new study posits that sleep deprivation decreases civic participation.
Even more intriguing is the reason: recognizing facial expressions.
Spending between 120–300 minutes per week in nature shown to increase wellbeing.
A new study in Spain displays the powerful effects of empathy.
Surrounding counties boast even higher increases.
Creating more neural circuits through visual landmarking not only benefits your spatial orientation, it could keep Alzheimer's disease at bay.
Nematodes demonstrate that neurons can influence offspring's genetics.
That's five more unicorns than the previous three years combined.
Extensive research at Yale signals the future of personalized medicine
The quality and duration of your nightly ritual helps define who you are.
100 percent fruit juice is still 100 percent sugar.
A new study discovered that lack of purpose leads to earlier death.
We know exercise is necessary, but this research takes it to another level.
Turns out a little obsession is a good thing.