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.

A new study collected 500 data points per second. Handwriting won out.
94 percent of men in the study have this mutation, which explains why men are more likely to die.
Andrew Wakefield turned away from science and to the tabloids to spread his fabricated data.
Americans lose an estimated 321 million work days every year due to anxiety and depression.
Yet 80 percent of respondents want to reduce their risk of dementia.
This could change how researchers approach vaccine development.