Photo credit: Andrea Frommel, University of British Columbia

October 7, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up

Lobster boil | Arctic invader | Slow coho | Steelhead slump mask | Chum on acid | Ma asthma | Canuck diet | AI sway | October 7, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>  

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September 30, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up

DFO assay flaws | Aging polar bears | Wood CO2 | LNG flares | Night wolves | VOC homes | Baby + dog ≠ asthma | September 30, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Photo credit: Karolina Grabowska, Pexels

September 23, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up

Long retardant | Wither wheat? | Hurricane heart | Snow-slide goats | Dog guts | Strand stress | Hot-flash fix | September 23, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Photo credit: Ted Ozersky

September 9, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up

70K smoke deaths | Plastic hotspots | Crop failure | Salmon burden | Toxic river | Forehead teeth | Pot fertility | September 9, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

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September 2, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up

Salmon watch drop | Low-O2 sea | Coyote haze | Self-feed wheat | Mammoth microbes | Prairie plant power | BPA alts | September 2, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

August 19, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up

Caribou bust | MB fire | Risky isles | Toxic blubber | Ant invaders | Canuck primates | Hairy toothpaste | Kid Robot | August 19, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Photo courtesy of Kristina Blanchflower_Hakai Institute

August 5, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up

BC big quake | Rebounding NS bottlenoses | Sea star & oyster killers | Bees off drugs | Dino herds | Potato roots | August 5, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

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July 22, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up

Clearcut floods | Hot-sea ranges | Big quake YK | Noisy seas | Orca kiss | Speed death | Music brain | Gendered surgery | July 22, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Photo: Jared Towers et al. 2025

July 8, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up

Hot glaciers | Orca sharing | Bear map | Mercury wolves | YVR ash killer | Plastivore grub | Guns, seals | Cheesemares | July 8, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Photo by Lars Iverson

June 24, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up 

Oceans of soot | Heat–smoke killer | Deepsea mines | Fanged fish | Diabetes cure | Junk food brain | Lottery bottles | June 24, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Photo credit: Center for Whale Research, NMFS NOAA Permit 27038

June 17, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up

Orca tools | Climate cod collapse | Caribou gut bugs | Hockey brains | Mushroom materiel | Space colonialism | June 17, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Photo credit: Daniel Lincoln, Unsplash

June 10, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up

Fire–climate paradox | Smokey asthma | Methane x7 | Great Lakes heat | Kelp CO2 | Coffee goodness | Nostalgia groove | June 10, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

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June 3, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up

Phytoplankton loss | Smuggled seahorses | Salmon declines | Lullaby baby | Hot-flash fix | Sepsis saver | Coffee brain | June 3, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Image credit: Robert O. Clark

May 27, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up

Early whale bone tools | New crayfish | Funky elasmosaur | Fungus friends | Ozone epilepsy | Toxic vape | Heart app | May 27, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Image credit: Genomic Press, CC BY-NC-ND

May 20, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up

Boreal trees | Fighting wildfires | Peatland carbon | Microplastics on the brain | Scrolling anxiety | May 20, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Art by Danielle Dufault, © ROM

May 13, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up

Junkfood heart | Brain beat box | Optimal sleep | Ancient salmon | Migrating paleo-horses | E-scooter DUI | Hockey IQ | May 13, 2025 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

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