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Dr. Emily Roberts

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.

429 articles published

Latest Articles

Ancient stars reveal Milky Way’s violent, chaotic originsScience

Ancient stars reveal Milky Way’s violent, chaotic origins

Researchers identified 20 metal-poor stars near the Milky Way disk, proving that ancient, chaotic galactic building blocks still exist within our galaxy.

Kent Smetters Warns US Debt Jeopardizes Future of HealthcareHealth

Kent Smetters Warns US Debt Jeopardizes Future of Healthcare

Wharton professor Kent Smetters told the Penn Population Aging Research Center that rising U.S. national debt threatens the solvency of American healthcare.

Delta Dental to Pay $2.25M for NYDFS Data Retention ViolationsHealth

Delta Dental to Pay $2.25M for NYDFS Data Retention Violations

Delta Dental will pay a $2.25 million settlement to the New York Department of Financial Services for failing to properly delete old patient health data.

Rising Pacific sea temperatures indicate a powerful El Niño eventScience

Rising Pacific sea temperatures indicate a powerful El Niño event

Rising sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific confirm the arrival of a powerful El Niño, according to the EU Copernicus Climate Change Service.

Human activity, not El Niño, now drives global climate extremesScience

Human activity, not El Niño, now drives global climate extremes

Researchers now confirm that human activity, rather than El Niño cycles, drives global climate extremes, rendering historical weather patterns unreliable.

CDC Data Shows Cooling Trends in Youth Mental Health and Drug UseHealth

CDC Data Shows Cooling Trends in Youth Mental Health and Drug Use

New 2024 CDC data shows 3.8 million adolescents reported a major depressive episode, reflecting a decline from previous rates of 21 percent to 15 percent.

NASA C-20A Aircraft Maps California Faults in April 29 Flight SeriesScience

NASA C-20A Aircraft Maps California Faults in April 29 Flight Series

NASA flew its C-20A aircraft over Central California on April 29 to map fault lines and calibrate the L-band radar for the upcoming NISAR satellite mission.

AHN adds Airbus H145 D3 helicopter to western PA trauma fleetHealth

AHN adds Airbus H145 D3 helicopter to western PA trauma fleet

Allegheny Health Network launched the first of four new Airbus H145 D3 medical helicopters in western Pennsylvania as part of a 55 million dollar upgrade.

NASA Migrates Science Discovery Engine to AWS OpenSearch on May 10Science

NASA Migrates Science Discovery Engine to AWS OpenSearch on May 10

NASA migrates its Science Discovery Engine to Amazon Web Services OpenSearch on May 10, 2026, to improve how users search its open-source scientific data.

Drone strikes and tunnel warfare spread across Lebanon and KuwaitHealth

Drone strikes and tunnel warfare spread across Lebanon and Kuwait

The IDF dismantled two tunnels spanning two kilometers in Gaza on May 10, 2026, as drone strikes and subterranean warfare spread across Lebanon and Kuwait.

Tai chi loses ground as Hong Kong youth turn to modern yoga studiosHealth

Tai chi loses ground as Hong Kong youth turn to modern yoga studios

Hong Kong youth increasingly favor modern yoga studios over traditional tai chi, leaving the city’s ancient movement practices struggling to find students.

AI-driven research risks narrowing scope of scientific discoveryScience

AI-driven research risks narrowing scope of scientific discovery

Hyunjin Shim at California State University, Fresno warns that AI-driven research methods may narrow scientific discovery by favoring machine-friendly data.