Peter Hess is ascience journalist, covering autism research news for Spectrum Before joining Spectrum in 2019, he was associate science editor at Inverse, where he wrote and edited stories for a broad audience on a wide range of scientific topics, including drugs, evolution and environmental science. His work has also appeared in The Washington Post, New Scientist, Popular Science, and Motherboard. Peter has an M.A. in science journalism from New York University’s Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program.