Once again, we’re asking our serious scholars and researchers to set aside their deep thoughts, particle accelerators and Bunsen burners to take a more light-hearted approach. We present our UH professors with an everyday observation — like “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day”— and solicit their reactions. Some wax poetic, some whimsical, and the results are … [Read more...] about Funny You Should Ask: Is the Grass Always Greener on the Other Side?
Funny You Should Ask: It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Humidity
Yes, it's time for another edition of “Funny You Should Ask,” the feature that encourages researchers and scholars to set scientific method on the shelf for a moment and take a more light-hearted approach. We present four University of Houston professors with a commonplace observation – last time, we wondered if breakfast is really the most important meal of the day – and … [Read more...] about Funny You Should Ask: It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Humidity
Funny You Should Ask: Paper or Plastic?
Prepare yourself for another edition of “Funny You Should Ask,” the feature that encourages UH researchers and scholars to put scientific method on hold and amuse themselves with a more light-hearted approach to inquiry. Previously, we’ve challenged our participants to ponder such puzzlers as whether breakfast is the most important meal of the day or whether it’s not the heat, … [Read more...] about Funny You Should Ask: Paper or Plastic?