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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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Pascal's Wager has been betted on for three-and-a-half centuries. Was he asking the right question?
With a renaissance going on in psychedelic research, is making us better people included?
We know that both aerobic exercise and meditation help curb depression. What happens when these interventions are combined?
The placebo effect is real. Why don't many people agree?
We know the benefits about positivity. What about grumpiness?
Turns out terror attacks and political grandstanding are not increasing panic. It might just be a cooptation of our memory system.
While cupping hit the mainstream thanks to Olympic athletes, the practice has a religious history in Islam.