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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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Just imagining movement fires the same neurons as if we were actually moving. A new study shows we can wake our sleeping mind to practice motor skills in our dreams.
Christopher Hitchens argued that religion makes humans "extremely self-centered."
In 'All the Real Indians Died Off,' two scholars take longstanding myths about Native Americans to task.
Dreams might be a whole lot sexier than we thought – but not because of their narrative content. Neurologist Patrick McNamara's theory links the biological changes in our brains during sleep to human's inherent desire to procreate.
If Will Allen's documentary, Holy Hell, teaches us one thing, it's that there's no easy answer.
Our inherent response mechanisms were programmed long ago; implicit biases are reactionary, volatile, largely under the radar of conscious awareness. They do not imply blanket racism.
As nine states consider legalization or medical use in November, anti-marijuana advocates are relying on old and false claims.