Category: Heads Up

Low-nitrate Arctic | Good-vibration larvae | Living zombie tissue | Happy baseball elbows | Lyin’ kids | June 2, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Tick deterrent | Western hantavirus | Chemical salmon soup | Vitamin D breaks | Jumping cancer gene | Risky, wise kids | May 26, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Climate disease | Foul-air brain | Acid streams | Fire-fouled fish | Salmon diets | Fairest beluga | Hydrogen mining | May 19, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Franklin’s crew | Toxic coast | Shark weather | Buried rivers | Shroom brain | Junkfood heart | Tennis elbow | Vaxsafe | May 12, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Landslide tsunami risks | Climate critters | Socials wildfire | Ice beavers | Pet cat bugs | Low-CO2 diet | Cran-boost | May 5, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Ice-protected whales | Fossil jelly | Goose poo benefits | Silent noise impacts | AI trumps docs | Mt Everest deaths | April 28, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Street-drugged fish | Prairie H2O quality | Endangered soil | PNW quakes | Whole milk ≠ fat kids | No-trip placebos | April 21, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Methane sneaks | Longer hotter summers | Bottom trawls | Tariff climate hit | Bat fungus | Oldest human | Meat eaters | April 14, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Still at-risk in BC | Smog day #s | Slump recovery | High-carb plankton | Food toxins | Early lungs | For brain health | April 7, 2026| SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Eager Arctic beavers | Polar bear diversity | Bitumen quakes | Recycled-content concrete | Long-COVID fatigue fix | March 31, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Turf toxins | Sperm whale birth | Bowhead bust | Post-fire grass | Seal risk | BC, Alberta bows, arrows | Lyin’ babes | March 24, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Heat-dome lovers | Scuba bees | Beauty sounds | Ancient birch-tar | Trauma brain | Wet-wipe river | Anti-angst tunes | March 17, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Fire water | Orca cannibals | Brittle highrises | e-Toss | Early big eaters | Opioid babies | Cancer labels | ADHD Rx | March 10, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

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>