Derek Beres

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.

One Alabama library is demanding jail time for late books. How is this happening in a nation that's reading less and less? 
Psychedelics are experiencing a resurgence. What can we learn from bad trips? 
Turns out narcissistic personality disorders might be hiding a confrontation with fears of inadequacy. 
From obesity and heart attacks to mental disorders and compromised immune systems, a lack of sleep is deadly. 
Can the art of communal bathing teach us to be more social animals? 
A group of expert geologists declared that a new epoch influenced by human impact has begun.
Advances in our understanding of cognitive processes are proving tremendous. When it comes to understanding consciousness, you might say the ghost in the machine is a chemical engineer.