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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ScienceGoogle DeepMind WeatherNext Model Tracked Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis confirmed that the WeatherNext AI model successfully provided critical advance warnings for Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica.
HealthOKC Council approves Robert Ravitz Mental Health Center construction
The Oklahoma City Council approved final plans for the Robert Ravitz Crisis Center, a mental health facility funded by the city's $1.1 billion MAPS 4.
ScienceDelayed Federal Funding Risks Stalling U.S. Scientific Research
Johns Hopkins President Ron Daniels and Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod warn that federal funding delays threaten to halt vital U.S. scientific research.
HealthChildren’s Hospital Colorado sees youth mental health crisis persist
Children’s Hospital Colorado reports that the youth mental health crisis remains unresolved five years after the facility declared a state of emergency.
ScienceGoogle Launches Gemini AI Tools to Summarize Scientific Research
Google launched the Gemini for Science initiative to help researchers summarize vast amounts of peer-reviewed data and accelerate global scientific discovery.
ScienceCornell and UCLA Study Finds 146,900 Fake Citations in Science Papers
Cornell and UCLA researchers analyzed 111 million references and identified 146,900 fake citations produced by AI hallucinations in scientific papers today.
HealthOKC Council approves final plans for Robert Ravitz Crisis Center
The Oklahoma City Council approved final plans for the MAPS 4 Robert Ravitz Crisis Center, located at 1200 NE 13th St., to support mental health recovery.
ScienceRichard Holmes explores how science shaped Alfred Tennyson’s poetry
Richard Holmes examines how Alfred Tennyson integrated 19th-century scientific discoveries into his poetry within his new book, The Boundless Deep, today.
HealthLouisiana health policy ignores fathers in maternal care strategy
Louisiana health policy excludes fathers from maternal care strategies. Founder Andre Apparicio of Dad-A-Port argues this gap hurts family health outcomes.
ScienceRowan University launches research to open AI black box systems
Rowan University awarded its first Ph.D. in data science to Gulsum Alicioglu, whose research creates visual frameworks to explain complex AI decision-making.
ScienceSarah Spivey Uses Diet Coke and Mentos to Teach Nucleation at KSAT
Meteorologist Sarah Spivey demonstrates the physics of nucleation by dropping Mentos into a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke during a recent KSAT news segment.
HealthCMS awards Vanderbilt Health 5-star quality rating for 2026
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services awarded Vanderbilt University Hospital and two other Vanderbilt Health facilities a five-star quality rating.