Dr. Emily Roberts
Dr. Emily Roberts has a PhD in molecular biology and zero patience for headline science. She edits OwlyTimes' health and science coverage from Boston, focuses on what studies actually showed (sample size, methodology, who funded it), and tries to leave readers neither panicked nor falsely reassured.
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ScienceEPA Names Permanent Science Chief Amid Agency Restructuring
The EPA appointed Teresa Booeshaghi as the permanent leader of its new Office of Applied Science and Environmental Solutions on Monday, April 20, 2026.
HealthKennedy Quigg to Urge Watertown Council to Review Violence Policy
Kennedy Quigg will ask the Watertown City Council this Monday to review local violence policies five years after the tragedy at Bridgeview Real Estate.
ScienceSanta Marta summit to push legally binding fossil fuel mandates
Twenty-four scientists present a new report at the April 24 Santa Marta summit, demanding that nations adopt legally binding mandates to end fossil fuels.
ScienceVoyager 1 Continues Data Transmission 25 Billion Kilometers Away
NASA engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory deactivated the Low-energy Charged Particles experiment on Voyager 1, now 25 billion kilometers from Earth.
ScienceExploratorium and Hyundai to Build Science Center in Seoul
The Exploratorium and Hyundai Motor Group are partnering to construct a new science center in Seoul, South Korea, to promote hands-on scientific inquiry.
ScienceMSU Launches Month-Long Botany Festival to Boost Science Literacy
Michigan State University hosts a month-long botany festival featuring the Student Horticulture Association to promote science literacy across the campus.
ScienceNotre Dame Students Secure 14 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Fourteen students and alumni from the University of Notre Dame earned National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships for their STEM research.
HealthDr. Jennifer Shuford Named CDC Deputy Director and Medical Chief
President Donald Trump appointed Dr. Jennifer Shuford as the new deputy director and chief medical officer of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
HealthEHR Data Entry Requirements Cut Patient Face Time in Half
Hundreds of physicians in Rhode Island are using artificial intelligence tools to automate EHR data entry and double their face-to-face patient time.
ScienceScientists develop new tools to measure stress through biology
Researchers developed new biological tools to measure stress levels beyond heart rate, moving past standard heart rate variability to track actual markers.
HealthSudan Conflict Leaves TB Patients Like Omar Othman Without Medicine
Sudan’s ongoing conflict halts medical supply chains, leaving TB patient Omar Othman and others at the Tropical Diseases Teaching Hospital without treatment.
HealthRhode Island Confirms First 2026 Measles Case in Providence County
The Rhode Island Department of Health confirmed the first 2026 measles case in Providence County after a man returned from international travel on April 13.