Category: Heads Up

Antler supplement | Peat burn | Fibreglass shards | Nature brain | Eating cancer | Online bets | Super hip | Gene cure | March 3, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Poisoned seals | Tangled whales | Orca mama costs | Fossil barf | Tyranno-scavenger | Snake fear | PFAS babies | February 24, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Glacier tourism | Growing peatlands…& boreal | Acid NWT H2O | Seafaring Inuit | Mayan dog trade | Dementia test | February 17, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Caribou calf kills | Tundra invasions | Fossil vegetarian | Hormone PTSD | Montreal food deserts | Crohn’s control | February 10, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Snow drought | 6 million trees | Arctic noise | Bike lane boom | Roadkill boon | GenZ psychoses | Driving demented | February 3, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Olympic climate | Smoke shift | Fewer vast fires | |Milkweed quality | Whirling sick | Lithium vs HIV | Creative AI | January 27, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Whale diet shift | Bubble nets | Beluga society | Salmon data lack | CO2 ocean costs | Sunken CO2 sink | Poison pot | January 20, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Extreme Arctic weather | Pothole CO2 | Nanoplastic blocker | Plastic-fouled plants | Predator “tag” | Kid opioid | January 13, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

World-changing diet | Fish talk | Climate smoke | Super-heat Arctic | Dementia fingers | Sun teens | DUI catches | January 6, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Smoke reach | Fire-soil toxin | Immune pollution | Antler season | Polar bears adapt | Weed rats | ADHD drug spike | December 16, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Orca–dolphin partners | Cod-suppressing seals | Climate, fire, smoke | CO2 capture | First life | Brain dance | December 9, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>  

Iceberg collisions | Avalanche! | Leadshot food | Satisfied Canucks | Chatbot votes | ADHD | Brain cancer hope | December 2, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

City food | Lower energy costs | Deer control | Zombie crab | Extinct weevil lives | Whale talk | Healthy apps | November 25, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

More junk food | Bird flu source | Marine animal plastic | Acidic coasts | Drift logs | AI energy | e-Bus savings | November 18, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Record fuel C02 | Plastic lobster | Orca communities | $7 species save | Wolf tool | Embalmed wood | Alien probes | November 11, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Toxic sea otters | Orca vs shark | Lichen-lit fossils | Hive rule | Matrix nix | Roach allergies | Wildlife trade | November 4, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>