Category: Heads Up

Global COVID failures | Toxic school uniforms | Atlantic Ocean tipping point | Whale brain deep-dive | Sex robots | September 20, 2022 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.

Climate tipping points | Floods & droughts | Deploying wildfire aircraft | Sperm whale clans | September 13, 2022 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.

Bumblebee buzz kill | Earlier leaf fall | Scorched earth–loving beetles | Missing grizzly toes | September 6, 2022 | SMCC Heads Up   Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.

90% marine species threatened | Pot candy puts kids in ER | Dizzy bees | Forever chemical shelf life | August 23, 2022 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.

Shifting forests | Yukon heat | No ocean refuge | Climate-driven disease | Unlucky loons | Parasite puppet-masters | August 9, 2022 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.

Extreme heatwaves | Hot lakes | Feeding polar bears | Costly invasions | COVID heart | Kids’ long COVID | July 26, 2022 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.

Vaxx data access | COVID antivirals | FIFA vote biases | Woodpecker hammerheads | Intergenerational anxiety | July 12, 2022 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.

Mines’ impacts on fish | Dogs’ grey wolf pedigree | Space bones | Comfy prosthetics | mRNA-vaccine heart issues | June 28, 2022 | SMCC Heads Up   – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.

Climate futures | Climate bumbles bees | How COVID Canada ranks | Wearable tech tracks COVID | Pro hockey fights | June 21, 2022 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.

Canadian vs imported pooches | More bear mixing | Polar bear hope | Body checking | Pregnancy COVID vaccine | June 14, 2022 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.

Pandemic drug shortages | Misleading energy reporting | Ugly fishes | Healthcare vaxx hesitancy | Enduring PCBs | June 7, 2022 | SMCC Heads Up   – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.

Vaxx mandate results | Connecting protected areas | Transgender suicide | Lasting HIV therapy | Weak Omicron immunity | May 31, 2022 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.

Illegal-weed drivers | Toxic Lake Erie | Hospitalization rates | Excess pandemic deaths | Rapid animal adaptation | May 24, 2022 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.

Air pollution COVID | Bird flu | Socioeconomic brains | COVID-driven antibiotic resistance | Wildfire cancer risk | May 17, 2022 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.

Heatwave frequency | Inuit health outcomes | Longtime oyster fisheries | Mosquito brains | Drowning medical conditions | May 3, 2022 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.

Forest CO2 uptake | Post-COVID readmissions | Rapid COVID test misinterpretation | Seeds for post-fire forests | May 10, 2022 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists.