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.

Rupert Murdoch now owns 73 percent of National Geographic. What does this mean for the organization's future? 
In Singapore, National Night is a night for baby-making. What happens when governments sponsor procreation?
Public shaming can be powerful medicine. But used in the wrong context it can kill.
While we usually associate yoga with flexibility-inspired exercise, evidence shows a lack of psychedelic mushroom tea could lie at the foundation of this discipline. 
College campuses have become a breeding ground of intolerance and shame — vigilant liberalism is destroying free speech. 
AI will throw a wrench into many of our theological foundations. How will we adapt? 
The separation between our reality and the reality of the rest of animal life — the "man given dominion" nonsense — is a façade that’s slowly eroding.