Peter Weber, The Week US
Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University. He graduated from Northwestern University with degrees in international studies and performance studies and served in the Peace Corps in Honduras.
Peter has lived in Italy and all major quadrants of the continental U.S. and currently resides in Austin, Texas, where he plays bass and rhythm cello in a garage band.
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Detailed map of fly's brain holds clues to human mind
Speed Read This remarkable fruit fly brain analysis will aid in future human brain research
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Jack Smith filing details Jan. 6 case against Trump
Speed Read The special counsel's newly unsealed brief argues Trump is not immune from prosecution and gives new details on his efforts to overturn the election
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Why frogs and other amphibious 'climate captives' are 'the world's most threatened animals'
Speed Read Endangered mammals and birds get a lot of attention, but amphibians are faring much worse in this hotter world
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How Kevin McCarthy 'dug his own grave' in his failed bid to remain House speaker
The Explainer McCarthy's speakership did not have to collapse in such a dramatic fashion
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What makes a man a man?
In Depth Men are in trouble. Part of it is an identity crisis.
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Kevin McCarthy says he won't run for House speaker again after historic ouster
Speed Read McCarthy became the first speaker ever removed by his House colleagues, and he leaves no obvious successor
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Antimatter isn't immune to gravity, landmark experiment confirms
Speed Read Antimatter is the mysterious evil twin of matter, but new research proves they do have something fundamental in common
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Hollywood writers on the cusp of ending strike after reaching tentative agreement
Speed Read Actors are still on strike, but the Writers Guild of America says it struck an 'exceptional' deal after 5 days of marathon talks
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'Inverse vaccine' shows promise treating MS, other autoimmune diseases
New research effectively cured mice of multiple sclerosis–type symptoms. Could this work in humans?
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Russia's Crimea fleet shipyard on fire after Ukrainian missile strike
Photos and videos showed huge explosions and raging fires at the Sevastopol Shipyard
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You can now get a new Covid booster shot. Should you?
Unless you are old or otherwise at high risk, it isn't a 'slam dunk'
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Your new car may be a 'privacy nightmare on wheels'
Speed Read New cars come with helpful bells and whistles, but also cameras, microphones and sensors that are reporting on everything you do
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Elon Musk used Starlink, which saved Ukraine, to thwart a Ukrainian attack on Russia's Crimea fleet
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Tuberville's military promotions block is upending lives, combat readiness, 3 military branch chiefs say
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How Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio's 22-year sentence compares to other Jan. 6 punishments
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Exodus begins from Burning Man after desert mud trapped tens of thousands
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U.S. health agency advises easing federal marijuana restrictions
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Medicare drug price negotiations start with 1st 10 drugs, pharmaceutical industry lawsuits
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Fox News apologizes to Gold Star family for false story Marine Corps called 'disgusting'
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Watch Simone Biles win her record 8th US gymnastics championship
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Nobody seems surprised Wagner's Prigozhin died under suspicious circumstances
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Ukraine's counteroffensive is making incremental gains. Does it matter in the broader war?
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Mobsters jailed by Giuliani are 'thrilled' with his RICO prosecution. Former fans are sad.
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Police video shows GOP Rep. Ronny Jackson profanely threatening Texas trooper in rodeo altercation
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