
Science Writing
I currently work as a staff science writer for Research2Reality, an online Canadian science news publication. I write weekly articles on the latest science research across the country. 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.
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
- 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 deibert@astro.utoronto.ca.
Address
McLennan Physical Laboratories
60 St George Street
Toronto, ON
M5S 1A7