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.