LSU joins the billion-dollar club
The university's foundation surpassed $1 billion for the first time, a reason to celebrate. But it's far behind most other SEC schools.
Last Call
Going big on the bluffs
A building boom at Southern will make room for more academics, more students.
When can we stop talking about Cyclospora?
You would think modern science could have vanquished the nasty parasite by now, along with public discussions of unmentionable things that happen in bathrooms.
Not yet.
The cyclospora outbreak linked to recalled iceberg lettuce from central Mexico has caused more than 6,700 illnesses and 11,500 additional suspected infections
Hot shot
Scientists just got their best look at the sun’s surface and revealed that it was hiding serious Van Gogh energy.
Astronomers released photos yesterday that were snapped by the National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Maui. The images were taken while technicians were fine-tuning
The invention that birthed McMansions
Give thanks to the gang-nail plate.
Where the dancing horses went
For two decades from 1927, children in Baton Rouge’s City Park paid a nickel to ride hand-carved horses beneath a pagoda roof. A brass organ wheezed; riders reached for a brass ring to try and win a free ride.
Then the carousel vanished.
Its 54 horses had traveled
Look ma, no steering wheel
The government allows robotaxis with no mechanical controls. It signals a wider change in mobility and how we will live.