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.

Two anthropologists question the chemical imbalance theory of mental health disorders.
Big Think co-founder and CEO Victoria Brown breaks down the process of transitioning from founder to boss in her new book, Digital Goddess.
New documents confirm that the government agency—one of many—has been using a tracking company.
What good is a conspiracy theory you can't profit from?
Sharing QAnon disinformation is harming the children devotees purport to help.
The virus is unlike anything many people have ever experienced.
A new Harvard study finds that the language you use affects patient outcome.
Preliminary studies on mice show positive results.
The English Department is instituting a series of reforms that cuts across the entire university.
A new study on brain differences between sexes sparks a persistent question.
The study was only conducted with already healthy men, however.
Fear-mongering is now a billion-dollar industry.
A new study from Ohio State University details implicit bias.