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.
With so much emphasis on mothers, turns out fathers have to be equally vigilant in their habits.
In Life After Google, George Gilder writes that we’re paying a heavy cost for “free.”
Money makes the world go ’round. Unfortunately, it can make both children and adults into materialists.
Anatomy and physiology professor David Harper claims a recent study in The Lancet is flawed.
A measles comeback is not the sort of return our children deserve.
A new study delivers the dark financial reality of cancer.
We talk a lot about what to eat, but what about when?
Antidepressants are destroying underwater ecosystems, which we in turn eat.
Christine Lagorio-Chafkin spent six years writing the definitive history of Reddit.
The road to harmony often means getting your hands dirty.
Novels open us to the nuances of being human.
Researchers at Japan’s Tohoku University might be clearing the way for space travel.
High-level official LeClair suppressed her sexuality for decades. Now that she’s out, she’s speaking up.
Researchers at the Rotman School of Management discovered that past victories rarely translate into new environments.
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute have pinpointed a neurological trend in those genetically predisposed with depression.
With the approval of a childhood epilepsy medication the federal government can no longer claim marijuana has no medical benefit.
We need a break, but the possibility of getting one seems unlikely.
New York–area chefs are working on the problem. More need to follow their lead.
More than 5,000 teens were involved in this longitudinal study.
Getting a good night’s sleep just took on a whole new meaning.
Despite its prominence in our collective imagination, variations in metabolism play a minor role in obesity.
Diners consumed 45 fewer calories per meal.
While short-term results are positive, there is mounting evidence against staying in ketosis for too long.
It’s all about smooth pursuit.
Ocean Conservancy has collected more than 60 million butts since the ’80s.
For sufferers of Alzheimer’s, the answer is yes. But replacing movement with a pill is not the best option.
The Pew Research Center has classified Americans into seven distinct religious types.
The Chinese government announced it will be genetic testing potential Olympic athletes for the 2022 Games. What could possibly go wrong?
The less that parents “walk the walk” about religious beliefs, the more likely their children are to walk away.