Diane Ackerman at the 2007 Texas Book Festival. Diane Ackerman (born October 7, 1948) is an American poet, essayist, and naturalist. Read full biography of Diane Ackerman →
Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the... →
Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable.
Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight.
We're losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the planet's health and... →
Love is the best school, but the tuition is high and the homework can be painful.
Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons quiver.
All relationships change the brain - but most important are the intimate bonds that foster or fail us, altering the delicate circuits that shape... →
I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.
As a species, we've somehow survived large and small ice ages, genetic bottlenecks, plagues, world wars and all manner of natural disasters, but... →
Complexity excites the mind, and order rewards it. In the garden, one finds both, including vanishingly small orders too complex to spot, and orders... →
On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million souls. Steam rising from vents... →
Just as our ancient ancestors drew animals on cave walls and carved animals from wood and bone, we decorate our homes with animal prints and motifs... →
It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.
Diane Ackerman at the 2007 Texas Book Festival. Diane Ackerman (born October 7, 1948) is an American poet, essayist, and naturalist.