Andrew Lawler
is a contributing correspondent with Science Magazine and Archaeology Magazine, and freelance writer for Smithsonian, Discover, Audubon, American Archaeology, Air & Space, National Geographic, Columbia Journalism Review, and other publications. He has written hundreds of articles on topics ranging from asteroids to zebrafish; interviewed politicians such as Dan Quayle and Al Gore, visionaries like Arthur C. Clarke, and scientists ranging from Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson to MIT Nobelist Sam Ting. During a quarter-century of reporting, he has filed stories from more than two dozen countries, including Afghanistan, China, Egypt, India, Iraq, Iran, Mongolia, Sudan, Syria, Turkmenistan, and Yemen.
Some of my work...
on 15 November 2007, 00.00 in Smithsonian Magazine  Discovering the grandeur of the monument built 3,400 years ago
"Heya hup!" Deep in a muddy pit, a dozen workers wr... |
on 24 January 2008, 03.01 in Discover Magazine  Top 100 Stories of 2008 #13:
A nation delights in its pioneering venture
“It was as if all spring festivals, new ... |
on 21 August 2009, 02.49 in Science: 2009  ERLITOU, CHINA—In the 6th century B.C.E., Confucius referred to the ancient Xia dynasty as China’s first, based on do... |
on 01 April 2006, 22.46 in Discover Magazine  With foundation walls three feet thick, the Amiriya, a 16th-century palace and mosque in Rada, Yemen, has weathered earth... |