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.

Those ancient Chinese philosophers earned their insights.
A thorough understanding of anxious personality traits could lead to targeted therapies.
Sheltering at home is anti-instinctual behavior. Yet doing so saves lives.
Some purveyors of "wellness" sure are sounding like right-wing conspiracy theorists.
According to researchers at Washington State University, the answer is yes.
Human-challenge trials are not without risk, but they could speed up the process.
Humans are woefully unaware of their olfactory sense. That's the reality we've been sold.