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Laughter Really Is the Best Medicine

Laughter Really Is the Best Medicine

Laughter Really Is the Best Medicine

We’ve all heard it since we were young: “Laughter is the best medicine.” If you’re like me, you took this with grain of salt, figuring it was just another old wives’ tale, like “don’t swallow a watermelon seed, or you’ll grow a watermelon in your belly.”Does the saying have any merit, though?

The Scoop

Formerly Tangi Gumbo *The Scoop is an aggregation of news summae from first-party and second-party sources, including Northshore Media Group’s Morning Rush ------------------ Independence High Magnet School will dedicate its football field to legendary coach Charles “Bags” Baglio, on Friday,...

LSU Launches Louisiana’s Most Advanced Microscope

On Thursday, October 23, 2025, LSU unveiled its Advanced Microscopy and Analytical Core (AMAC) facility, which gives Louisiana researchers access to 16 state-of-the-art instruments, including a new Spectra 300 Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (S/TEM) for atomic-scale imaging and analysis.