Birds and humans share fundamental song and speech patterns, McGill study finds

Published: 29 October 2026

McGill University researchers have identified "universal" vocal patterns across hundreds of bird species and found that many of the same patterns also appear in human song and speech from cultures...

McGill researchers produce detailed maps of global threats to freshwater biodiversity

Published: 29 October 2026

Farming, dams and agricultural runoff are the biggest threats to freshwater biodiversity globally, with Europe and Northwest Africa the hardest-hit regions, McGill researchers have found.  ...

A new Survey of Canadian English shows what has changed in 50 years

Published: 27 October 2026

Over the past 50 years, Canadian English has become more uniform across regions and has adopted many American terms and pronunciations, while the use of Canadian spellings has gained in popularity....

New treatment approach shows promise in reducing prostate cancer spread

Published: 26 October 2026

Adding darolutamide to standard treatment for aggressive prostate cancer reduced the risk of the disease spreading in an international Phase 3 trial.

Several schizophrenia symptoms linked to a single brain signal

Published: 22 October 2026

A single brain signal may help explain a range of seemingly unrelated schizophrenia symptoms, a new study has found....

Study finds air quality warnings had only a modest impact on Montrealers’ movements

Published: 21 October 2026

When Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) urged Montrealers to limit outdoor activity during Canada’s worst wildfire smoke episodes, the city’s travel patterns shifted – but far less than...

Discovery could help predict which early breast cancers will spread

Published: 20 October 2026

Immune cells that normally protect the body from infection can also drive the progression of some early breast cancers, McGill University researchers have found....

The gas around Milky Way's central black hole is rich in metals, study finds

Published: 19 October 2026

The gas orbiting Sagittarius A (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy, is rich in metals, researchers at McGill University’s Trottier Space Institute have found...

What makes us human? A first atlas of functional DNA changes offers new clues

Published: 15 October 2026

A new genetic atlas is helping scientists trace the DNA changes that transformed a shared primate ancestor into modern humans....

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