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March 18, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up 
An obese Canada | Naloxone access | Dementia predictor | TikTok ADHD | Social media delusion | Hot-water brook trout | March 18, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
March 11, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up
Hungry Arctic wolves | Hot frogs | Night light | Canada–US science | Parkinson’s rise | Seaweed menu | Plastic paint | March 11, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
March 4, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up
Polar bear cubs | Narwhal play | Red planet | Bully kids | Meno-dementia | Measles vax | Psychdelic ER | “Super” slime | March 4, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
February 25, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up
Golf vs renewables | Faster glacier melt | Arctic palms | Microplastic brain | iPhone vacay | Bipolar screen teen | February 25, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
February 18, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up
Unprotected peatlands | Fewer, but bigger, fires | Cottage country microplastics | Smokey wine | Lake Legionella | February 18, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
February 11, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up
Bass-singing baleen whales | 2024’s 1.5 °C | Space junk | ER opioids | Pot store–ER impacts | Sleep injuries | | February 11, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
February 4, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up
Faraway smoke toxins | Quebec heat costs | Species recovery secrets | Bikelane effects | Junkfood kids | Vape babes | February 4, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
January 28, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up
Arctic’s CO2 source | Oldest buried glacier | Starving polar bears | City rat boom | Moon building | Prehab benefit | January 28, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
January 21, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up
Arctic thaw | Zoonoses | Resilient forests | 2000-year breastfeeding | Ancient super-predators | Media violence | January 21, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
January 14, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up
Oilsand spills | Trail conflict | Salmon vs sablefish | Fishy plastic | Early tools | Superhero trauma | AI ADHD | January 14, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
January 7, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up
Tourism-tolerant bears | Arctic infrastructure | Intense wildfire drivers | Oilsand lakes | Leaden Romans | OH nuts | January 7, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
December 17, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Ice risk | Climate sports | Snowmelt migration | Smokey lungs | Sharks attacked | Whaling toll | Folktale sleep | December 17, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
December 10, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Arctic coasts | Dying Xmas trees | Arctic orca | Plastic mealworms | 500-year-old poo | NHL odds | Main MAID uses | December 10, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
December 3, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Mammoth diet | Ice-free Arctic | Tipsy trees | Flood previews | Music brains | Spinal cord walk | Reindeer calls | December 3, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
November 26, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Poisoned bees | Polar bear poo | Smokey dementia | Costly Rx | Maple goodness | Body battery | Super-EV charge | November 26, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
November 19, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up
Ancient hazel farming | Sea heat/ice fire | Arctic grazers | Bird-flu seals | Nature kids | Lonely kids, seniors | November 19, 2024 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>
