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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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A new study from the University of Oxford reveals what foods are, and are not, healthy for the environment.
The first step is recognizing that physical, mental, and emotional health are interconnected.
Starbucks is only the latest example of a very old systemic problem. Are these trainings effective?
A new study from the Great Recession shows that anxiety around money is not helping us. How do we stop worrying?
Can we make progress in a world in which we don't trust our institutions?
Cybersecurity costs billions of dollars each year. Building on a blockchain could solve many of our security problems.
Fortnite surpassed 40 million users recently. What's the appeal?
Does smoking marijuana make it less likely that couples will have children? A study out of Boston University has arrived at a clear conclusion.
Consciousness is body-dependent. VR enthusiasts are betting otherwise.
The dumb phone revolution is here, and people are joining.
Free meals turn out to be powerful incentives for prescribing opioids, according to a new letter published in JAMA.
A new study shows that teenagers are increasingly experimenting with marijuana before beer or cigarettes. Is that a good thing?
In his new book, The Consciousness Instinct, Michael Gazzaniga does a deep dive into the process of consciousness.
Silicon Valley might just be missing the most important aspect of being human: the ability to feel.
Secular Web compiles a number of publications in atheism, nontheism, and science over the last few centuries.
New research on the hypothalamus shows that body heat matters.
A new Pew Research study shows how widely varied belief in what God, or a higher power, actually is.
Fasting is trending, yet it's also been prescribed for thousands of years. Does the science on the Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD) hold up?
We've always used media as a means of framing reality. How will this affect our relationship with VR?
You are who you are because of your environment. What happens in a virtual world in an environment created by another mind?