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Bill Nye

Double Billing: Bill Gates and Bill Nye geek out on computers, science and changing human history

Talk about a double Billing. Bill Nye, the “Science Guy,” and Bill Gates, the software guy, came together on one stage Thursday night in Seattle for an epically geeky conversation.… Read More

Can climate change be funny? Bill Nye gets laughs in a show about humankind’s existential threat

I was a little anxious going to an evening talk about climate change. I wondered in advanced what elixir of melatonin, Benadryl and CBD gummies would be required to get… Read More

Bill Nye swears, and Microsoft Windows is cursed, in new promotion videos for Google’s Chromebook

Bill Nye is cursing (again) in the name of climate change. But this time he’s swearing by the need to change out your laptop, specifically for Google’s Chromebook — and… Read More

Bill Nye gets heated and tells us to ‘grow up’ in fiery global warming take during ‘Last Week Tonight’

Bill Nye has finally reached his burning point. The famed “Science Guy,” who used far-less-salty language while explaining science to children during his television heyday on PBS, wants us all… Read More

Bill Nye surprises AOC at SXSW, asks about overcoming fear of climate change

Speaking at South by Southwest on Saturday, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got a surprise visit sure to delight any millennial who grew up watching “Bill Nye the Science Guy.” Bill Nye, the… Read More

Trudeau and Nye

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and Bill Nye talk science (and pipelines) with students

Canada’s highest-ranking science geek, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, shared a stage with Bill Nye the Science Guy at the University of Ottawa today — and shared a teachable moment on the… Read More

Bill Nye

Bill Nye the Nike guy: The earth stands still in new ad, and the Science Guy and others step in to help

If science give you the spins, wait until you catch this new ad from Nike, as the Portland sneaker giant employs celebs, athletes and Bill Nye the Science Guy to… Read More

Bill Nye the Science Guy

Brouhaha builds over Bill Nye the Science Guy’s date for State of the Union Address

Bill Nye the Science Guy is going to the State of the Union Address, but as a guest of President Donald Trump’s choice for NASA administrator. And therein lies the… Read More

Bill Nye the Science Guy sues Disney for millions in dispute over TV show payout

Bill Nye the Science Guy, a veteran of tussles over climate change and evolution, has just sparked a legal battle over math – specifically, the millions of dollars he says Disney… Read More

Bill Nye

Bill Nye busts out big numbers to promote Expedia’s travel-booking tech in three new videos

In order to “Save the World,” as his new show promises he’s out to do, science and TV personality Bill Nye will probably have to do a good deal of… Read More

Watch ‘Science Guy’ Bill Nye’s epic defense of science at ‘March for Science’ in Washington, D.C.

Bill Nye “the Science Guy,” the television personality and former Boeing engineer who got his start in Seattle TV sketch comedy, gave a rousing speech in defense of science at the March for Science… Read More

Villa-Komaroff, Nye, Hanna-Attisha

March for Science spotlights Bill Nye plus Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Mona Hanna-Attisha

Lydia Villa-Komaroff and Mona Hanna-Attisha may not be as well-known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, but all three scientists strike the right chords after what has been a somewhat dissonant… Read More

Bill Nye

Science! Stars! ‘Bill Nye Saves the World’ trailer reveals the formula for fun in new Netflix show

“Let’s do something fun!” Bill Nye says at the start of a trailer for his new series, “Bill Nye Saves the World,” which will debut on Netflix on April 21.… Read More

Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin and Bill Nye the Science Guy turn into shiny objects for New York’s 2035 fashion show

To be a fashionable geek is usually a contradiction of terms, but Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin and Bill Nye (“the Science Guy”) pulled it off during New York Men’s… Read More

Bill Nye: Science Guy film

‘Bill Nye: Science Guy’ documentary film will premiere at SXSW — project set Kickstarter record

A documentary film exploring the life and work of Bill Nye, television’s famed Science Guy, will get its world premiere at the South by Southwest festival in March, the film’s… Read More

Bill Nye, Jay Inslee

‘Take the environment into account’: Bill Nye backs Washington Gov. Jay Inslee

Before he can save the world next spring with his new Netflix show, famed Science Guy Bill Nye appears to want to help save Washington State. According to The Stranger… Read More

Bill Nye

Science rules! Bill Nye returning to TV to ‘Save the World’ with his own show on Netflix

Bill Nye, the outspoken scientist, author and TV personality who introduced a generation of viewers to science, is getting his own show on Netflix in which he’ll just try to… Read More

Bill Nye geeks out on the science of baseball and his ‘Fango’ ball retriever invention

“Baseball is science, people.” That’s one fun soundbite from Bill Nye’s recent appearance on MLB Central, a daily live show hosted by MLB that’s all about professional baseball. Nye, promoting… Read More

Watch Bill Nye geek out in this new LightSail launch video

Bill Nye the Science Guy has seen and experienced a lot, but to watch him geek out over the LightSail test mission’s launch is making us choke up a little over… Read More

LightSail’s fiery reentry marks the end of Planetary Society’s first test flight

After waiting for a cosmic particle to hit the restart button and taking an inaugural selfie, the LightSail from Bill Nye’s Planetary Society had one final show: a fiery reentry into the… Read More

Bill Nye’s LightSail sends home a selfie after rocky deployment

Bill Nye just tweeted out LightSail’s first selfie, a seminal moment in any spacecraft’s life. The Planetary Society craft’s deployment motor whirred to life on Sunday, opening the sail, which will… Read More

LightSail spacecraft reboots in orbit: ‘It’s alive!’ says Bill Nye

The Planetary Society’s LightSail spacecraft has rebooted and resumed communications with its team on Earth after a software glitch threatened the mission of the light-catching sail. Here’s the official statement from Bill… Read More

Have you tried restarting? Bill Nye’s LightSail needs a reboot due to software glitch

Update, Saturday evening: LightSail spacecraft reboots in orbit: ‘It’s alive!’ says Bill Nye A glitch with a spreadsheet file has caused Bill Nye’s LightSail satellite to stop responding. With no… Read More

Watch Bill Nye try to comprehend the white woman’s universe on ‘Inside Amy Schumer’

Finally, science and ridiculous belief systems collide head on in this skit on Inside Amy Schumer. Bill Nye tries to explain the universe based on the average, kind-of-spoiled white woman’s… Read More

Bill Nye’s solar-powered satellite launch a success

The Planetary Society — led by CEO Bill Nye — successfully launched the first prototype of the LightSail, a mini, solar-powered satellite, into space this morning. According to the Planetary Society’s blog,… Read More

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s new Nat Geo show debuts April 20

Go ahead and insert your 4/20 jokes here: Neil deGrasse Tyson’s new late-night series StarTalk debuts on the National Geographic channel on April 20. According to Variety, the new series has… Read More

Bill Nye takes on creationism and climate change at National Science Teachers Conference

Science guy Bill Nye pulled no punches on creationism last week when he took to the stage to talk about science in schools. On March 12, Nye delivered the keynote… Read More

‘Science Guy’ Bill Nye is back with new series, explaining NASA’s mission to Jupiter

If you want to know about Earth’s next visitor to Jupiter, a familiar face with a familiar bow tie is here to help. That’s right, Bill Nye is back talking… Read More

Beauty and the Geek: Watch Bill Nye dance with beakers

OK, so the judges weren’t all that impressed with Bill Nye’s dancing debut on Dancing With The Stars Monday night. “It was like being waxed,” judge Len Goodman said afterward.… Read More

Mark Cuban, Woz and now Bill Nye: Science Guy joins ‘Dancing With The Stars’

Is there anything better than watching geeks try to dance? Well, yes. But nonetheless, it was hilarious watching Mark Cuban and Steve Wozniak get groovy on “Dancing With The Stars.”… Read More

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