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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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Some people think that poetry is just rhymes. But those people don't know that poetry helps your brain heal during bad times. (Hey, we tried)
It turns out Winston Churchill wrote an essay of predictions titled 'Fifty Years Hence'—and while he was off on the timing, some are finally coming true.
When novelists and poets reveal their writing process we learn a great deal about our own development.
An increase in carbon dioxide is not doing good things to our produce. Or bodies.
American food banks are rejecting junk food for healthier fare, and so food corporations are hedging their bets elsewhere.
Is atheism on the rise, or is religion? At times we hear polls claiming both, but new research shows it's not that simple.
Frank Ostaseski is a Buddhist teacher and leading thinker in end-of-life care. This is what he's learnt about appreciating life while you have it, and being truly present.
Researchers are looking for, and finding, effective methods for dealing with pain that don't require drugs.
John Cleese was in super sarcastic form during his recent Reddit AMA.
A new study of intestinal microbiota and circadian rhythms reveal insights into global obesity rates.
The findings of this study are stunning: in a 16-hour waking day, adults are sedentary for 12.3 hours.
Psychology professor Jean M Twenge argues that teens are suffering elevated levels of depression and loneliness, and their phones are to blame.
Get lost in a good book. Time and again, reading has been shown to make us healthier, smarter, and more empathic.
New landmark research of 101,000 Americans shows stark religious and ethnic changes.
Molecular biologists are hopeful about the results, but a long road lies ahead—so far this diet has only worked proven wonders on mice.
In The Road to Character, David Brooks argues that our moral vocabulary is severely lacking.
135,355 people in eighteen countries can't be wrong.
Polygamy has been denounced by the Mormon church for more than 100 years. So why does the stereotype persist?
A US-based company is genetically creating proteins similar to bovine collagen to make leather from living cells without the need of animals.
It's always been our brains.