
Science Writing
I currently work as a staff science writer and editor for Research2Reality, an online Canadian science news publication. I write weekly articles on the latest science research across the country and manage a team of science writers. I was previously a staff science writer for The Varsity, and have contributed freelance work to various outlets.
My writing is represented by Kurestin Armada at Root Literary. If you're interested in my fiction and creative writing, please visit me at emilydeibert.com.
For PBS Space Time
- Was the Milky Way a Quasar? (April 2020)
For New Scientist
- How Much Stuff is There in the Universe? (August 2020)
For The Conversation
- Weird weather: Metal rain and super-high temperatures on an ultra-hot exoplanet (November 2020)
- Syndicated by EarthSky (November 2021)
- Syndicated by The Next Web (November 2021)
- Syndicated by Phys.org (November 2021)
For Research2Reality
- A Natural Antidote to Kids’ Mental Health Worries (February 2025)
- All Those Shopping Bags Could Help Save Your Life (February 2025)
- A Wake-Up Call for Parents of Preschoolers (January 2025)
- This Amount of Waste is an Udder Disgrace (November 2024)
- Why Your Dog Could Be Your Gut’s Best Friend (October 2024)
- Think Strawberries are Pricey Now? Just Wait a Few Years (September 2024)
- Hey You, Get Backless to Work! (August 2024)
- All That Cocomelon May Come Back to Haunt You (July 2024)
- Decreasing Asthma Risk is No Walk in the Park (July 2024)
- So, Here’s the Bad News About Those Avalanches (May 2024)
- How Climate Change is Driving ‘Ecosystem Disruptors’ (May 2024)
- To #BreakFreeFromPlastic, We Must Name the Culprits (May 2024)
- X Marks the Rot: Social Media’s Depressive Effects (April 2024)
- The Rebellious Weevil That Refused to Die (February 2024)
- Changing a Climate of Concealed Communication (February 2024)
- Keep Your Stick on the Ice, and Head on the Pillow (January 2024)
- Keeping the Doors Open For Girls in STEM (November 2023)
- Up Next on the Playlist: Pain Reduction (November 2023)
- Bridging Science and Culture For Those in Need (October 2023)
- One Doctor’s Mission: Safer Pregnancies Worldwide (October 2023)
- Teamwork Makes the Dream Work for People and Bacteria (October 2023)
- Hybrid Immunity’s Not a ‘Panacea’ in the Age of Omicron (September 2023)
- Young Canadians Have a Burning Desire to Relocate (September 2023)
- Work Odd Hours and Your Memory Might Go to Shift (September 2023)
- Can You Decrease Your Cancer Risk in 270 Seconds? (August 2023)
- This Next Song Goes Out to Everyone in Diapers (August 2023)
- Rings are Old News: Saturn’s All About Those Moons (July 2023)
- What’s Become of Those Hospitalized With COVID? (July 2023)
- All Those Ramen Noodles Might Catch Up With You (July 2023)
- We Won’t Let the Door Hit Us on the Way Out (June 2023)
- Songbirds Aren’t Just Winging It (June 2023)
- Our Devices Are Environmental Vices (May 2023)
- The Toys That We Use, Don’t We Know That They’re Toxic? (May 2023)
- Foods Marketed at Kids Aren’t Always Grrrrrrreat! (May 2023)
- A Bright Idea for Night Shift Workers’ Health (May 2023)
- Everybody Hurts… But Some More Than Others (April 2023)
- Good News for Students With Wandering Minds (April 2023)
- One Giant Leap for Canadian Space Exploration (April 2023)
- Debunking a Myth About Who Benefits From Exercise (April 2023)
- Finding the Right Mix for Older Adults With Depression (March 2023)
- Gen Z is Growing Up in a Climate of Fear (March 2023)
- Floating an Idea to Solve the Helium Shortage (March 2023)
- Give the Shirt Off Your Back for the Planet (March 2023)
- Feeling Comfortable? In This Economy? (February 2023)
- Those Traffic Jams Are Worse Than You Think (February 2023)
- Sometimes, No News Really is Good News (February 2023)
- Why Didn’t the Grizzly Bear Cross the Road? (January 2023)
- Sorry, I Didn’t Recognize You, I’m Wearing a Mask (January 2023)
- The Key to Conservation That’s Right in Your Pocket (January 2023)
- Bothering Canada Geese is a Big, Honking Waste of Time (January 2023)
- A Troubling Pandemic Side Effect for Older Adults (December 2022)
- Want a Healthy Snack? Try a Few Minutes of Squats (December 2022)
- If Lockdown Left You Feeling Lonely, You’re Not Alone (December 2022)
- These COVID Numbers Might Hit Close to Home (November 2022)
- The Lights Are On But Nobody’s at the Office (November 2022)
- More Blue as a Child Could Mean Less Blue Later (November 2022)
- A Boon to the Health of Patients and the Planet (October 2022)
- Here’s Your New Password: IAmATerrificPerson123 (October 2022)
- Where Do I Work? It Depends on the Day (October 2022)
- A Very Unwelcome Lesson in Toxic Chemicals (October 2022)
- Breaking News: Your Mind is Probably Wandering (September 2022)
- Out in the Forest, Some Like It Hot (September 2022)
- A Discovery That’s Burning a Hole in Their Pockets (September 2022)
- PPE: Good for Humans, Not So Good for Wildlife (September 2022)
- For Some Women, Working From Home Feels Just Right (September 2022)
- Read This, Then Give Yourself 10 Minutes Off (August 2022)
- It’s 'Garbage In, Garbage Out' for Polar Bears (August 2022)
- How Divided Are Canadians About Climate Change? (August 2022)
- Being Nice to Mice Can Pay Off Twice (July 2022)
- An Unexpected Journey to the Stars (July 2022)
- How Kids Benefit From Getting Their Heads in the Game (June 2022)
- The Risk of Cancer is Spreading Like Wildfire (June 2022)
- What Happens When Two Galaxies Collide? (June 2022)
- Are We Planting the Seeds of Proper Child Development? (May 2022)
- Helping Children Lay Down Healthier Roots (May 2022)
- Not Feeling Can Be Just As Important As Feeling (May 2022)
- Getting Back on Track With a Psychological Assist (April 2022)
- The Concrete Jungle is No Place for Bumblebees (April 2022)
- #SaveTheWildlife #ButDontMakeThingsWorse (April 2022)
- We Must Branch Out for Climate Solutions (April 2022)
- This Sounds Like a Great Way to Treat Anxiety (March 2022)
- How Can a Furry Friend Help During an ER Visit? (March 2022)
- Shorter Isn’t Necessarily Better With Noise Pollution (March 2022)
- What’s Going on Behind That Face Mask? (March 2022)
- Just Can’t Wait to Get On That Ice Road Again (March 2022)
- What is Climate Change Doing to Our Kids’ Minds? (February 2022)
- Red-Hot Clues About the Universe’s Oldest Stars (February 2022)
- Will Climate Change Extinguish the Olympic Flame? (February 2022)
- A Real Estate Battle in the Middle of the Ocean (January 2022)
- Winter Means Discontent for Mobility Scooter Users (January 2022)
- Where’s the Beef? Not in These Packages (January 2022)
- Keeping Connected is Key for First-Year Students (January 2022)
- How Hard Does a Second Coronavirus Outbreak Hit? (December 2021)
- Hot Blooded, Check and See This Idea in Paleontology (December 2021)
- Getting the Most Out of Precious Medical Masks (December 2021)
- How Gas Shortages are Killing Entire Galaxies (November 2021)
- What Have Kids Been Doing During These Lockdowns? (November 2021)
- Please, Put a Pause on Your Pandemic Doomscrolling (November 2021)
- This Algorithm Knows Dangles and Going Top Cheddar (November 2021)
- Will a Greener Economy Kill Jobs or Create Them? (October 2021)
- Masks: Good for Your Health, Bad for the Oceans (October 2021)
- Addressing the ‘Culture of Acceptance’ in Athletics (October 2021)
- The Pandemic’s Surprising Impact on Suicide Rates (October 2021)
- Masks and Vaccines Are No Match For Earworms (September 2021)
- These Narwhal Sightings Were a Bit of a Fluke (September 2021)
- Lighting the Way to Survival for Migratory Birds (September 2021)
- Putting More Eyes on the Skies Than Ever (September 2021)
- The Kids Definitely Aren’t Alright in This Pandemic (August 2021)
- ‘Ghost Gear’ Leaves Scary Legacy in Our Oceans (August 2021)
- Helping Athletes Stay in Shape, Both Body and Mind (August 2021)
- Einstein Was Right, and Now We Have the Proof (August 2021)
- An Unexpected Benefit of Social Distancing (August 2021)
- Now Those Are Some Hot Before-and-After Shots! (July 2021)
- There's Quite the Story Being Told in the Stars (July 2021)
- Did the Asteroid Finish What Climate Change Started? (July 2021)
- Taking the Sting out of Pollinators' Prospects (July 2021)
- What's the No. 1 Source of Ocean Litter? (July 2021)
- Look Out, That One's Hot, Shallow, and Dangerous (June 2021)
- Time and Space are Running Out for Great Apes (June 2021)
- Everyone is Losing Sleep over Remote Learning (June 2021)
- Getting to the Core Question about Life on Exoplanets (June 2021)
- What's the Best Way to Make Science Go Viral? (May 2021)
- Share This Story for the REAL TRUTH About Vaccines (May 2021)
- Want to Raise Your Mood? Try Raising Your Body (May 2021)
- Even Whales Have Been Cancelling Their Vacation Plans (May 2021)
- Wear Your Mask, Wash Your Hands, Brush Your Teeth (May 2021)
- Sorry Jeff Goldblum, No Need to Go Faster (May 2021)
- On the Cusp of a New Understanding of the Stars (April 2021)
- A Leisurely Stroll Counts as a Bear Necessity (April 2021)
- Can Polar Bears Adapt and Stave Off Extinction? (April 2021)
- So, Yeah, About That Meteorite Crater You Found... (April 2021)
- A 'Major Milestone' in Understanding Black Holes (April 2021)
- If You Can't Get into Nature, Bring Nature to You (April 2021)
- Since They've No Place To Go, Plastics End Up in Snow (March 2021)
- Have We Been Looking at Sharks All Wrong? (March 2021)
- Can Bike Lanes Help Propel A City's Economy? (March 2021)
- All Waste, No Taste in Your Morning Cup (March 2021)
- Black Holes Just Got Even More Mysterious (March 2021)
- Galaxies: They Grow Up Faster Than You Think (March 2021)
- Not OK, Canada Jays: Iconic Bird in Big Trouble (March 2021)
- Spoiler Alert: Leaked Details Can Actually Help Films (February 2021)
- This Could Mean the End of Shark Week (February 2021)
- Don't Ever Try Riding These Sand Worms (February 2021)
- Move Over Baby Yoda, It's Time for Baby T. Rex (February 2021)
- There's Something Special Out on the Ice (January 2021)
- How Much Worse Has COVID-19 Made the Plastic Problem? (January 2021)
- We're Living on a Ten-Billion-Year-Old Crash Site (December 2020)
- How Did Climate Change Transform Venus? (December 2020)
- These Dinosaurs' Plans Never Got Off the Ground (November 2020)
- A 'Pivotal Time' for Ecology and Indigenous Knowledge (November 2020)
- What's the Key to Making Urban Cycling Safer? (October 2020)
- What Survives When a Star Dies? (October 2020)
- What Can You Do About the Plastic Problem? (September 2020)
- The 'Missing Link' of Black Holes Has Been Found (September 2020)
- Polar Bears Will Die Out Within This Century* (August 2020)
- Are Billions of Earths Just Waiting To Be Found? (August 2020)
- The Carrot Can Help a Walking Habit Stick (July 2020)
- We’re Making It Rain… and That’s Bad News (July 2020)
- If This Gets 10,000 Retweets, Science Wins (July 2020)
- Arctic Sea-Ice Loss Now a 'When', Not an 'If' (June 2020)
- Trying to Undo the Harm in Indigenous Healthcare (June 2020)
- Extremely Fast and Incredibly Far (May 2020)
- Who You Love May Affect How Well You're Paid (May 2020)
- Canada’s Climate Blind Spot: Indigenous Knowledge (April 2020)
- Who Else is Listening In on That Zoom Call? (April 2020)
- She's Discovered More Planets Than You Have (March 2020)
- Cat's Out of the Bag on Your Pet's Emotions (March 2020)
- What's the Best Way to Deal With Climate Change? (February 2020)
- Saturn's History is Written in its Rings (February 2020)
- Here's How to Get Carbon Pricing Off the Ground (January 2020)
- How Dangerous is Cancer for Black Canadian Women? (January 2020)
- Microplastics are Causing Macroproblems (December 2019)
- The Pill is Costly, But Not Having It Is Costlier (December 2019)
- Using X-Ray Light to Go Back 10 Billion Years (November 2019)
- Journey to the 'Epicentre of Global Climate Change' (November 2019)
- Climate Change: Bad for Our Bodies and Our Minds (October 2019)
- 'Biggest Step Yet' Yowards Finding Life in Space (October 2019)
- 'It Is Not Too Late to Save Coral Reefs' (September 2019)
- When Choosing How to Swipe, We All Have a Type (September 2019)
- A Sweet Snapshot of Global Urbanization (August 2019)
- What Exactly is Floating Around in the ISS? (August 2019)
- How Tiny 'Bags of Candy' Help Solve Darwin's Paradox (July 2019)
- Time to Wake Up and See the Coffee (July 2019)
- Where Are All the Ancient Asteroids? (June 2019)
- Changing the Face of Science...With a Selfie (June 2019)
- Sometimes You Have to Fight Fire with AI (May 2019)
- A Canadian Approach to Martian Minerals (May 2019)
- New Canadarm, New Frontiers of Space Exploration (May 2019)
- Black Hole Fun, Won't You Come? (April 2019)
- A Unique Chance to CRAM In Some Knowledge (April 2019)
- Nevertheless She Persisted as a Scientist (March 2019)
- What Tangled Webs They Weave When They Are Deceived (March 2019)
- A Twist in the Martian Moon Mystery (February 2019)
- Which At-Risk Species Can We Afford to Save? (February 2019)
- Basking in the Afterglow of a Cosmic Explosion (January 2019)
- Sorting Through Night, the Universe and Everything (January 2019)
- Oh, the Weather in the Lab is Frightful (December 2018)
- The Universe is Playing Us a Tune (December 2018)
- Separating the Goop from the Actual Scoop (November 2018)
- Take a High-Flying Trip to the Heart of Discovery (September 2018)
For The Varsity
I am a regular contributor to The Varsity newspaper, and have previously worked as both a staff writer and a weekly columnist. My work can be found on my author page.
For Massive Science
- Astronomers Just Solved the Universe's Missing Mass Mystery (June 2020)
- Astronomers Now Have Some Idea of How the First Stars Died (June 2019)
For The Strand
I was a regular contributor and section editor for The Strand from 2012 until 2015, prior to the newspaper having a web presence. My articles written since then are below.
Contact
You can contact me through email at emily.deibert@noirlab.edu.
Address
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