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The Science Guy Returns

Posted by Zonk on from the science-rules! dept.

hende_jman writes "When I was in high school, the dry science videos that I watched in my classes made me miss the silly and sometimes irreverent Bill Nye the Science Guy. So I was excited to read in the latest issue of Wired that everyone's favorite Science Guy is coming out with a new show, The Eyes of Nye where he tackles some more serious issues like addiction, sex, cloning, and climate change."

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  1. Bill Nye ad sex... by brilinux · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh God, get that image out of my mind!

    1. Re:Bill Nye ad sex... by Skyshadow · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, the abstinence-only crowd apparently has more creativity than I would have assumed.

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  2. Bow Tie by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's something disturbing about the image of a pasty, thin nerd in a bow tie talking about sex.

    Oh god, is that why my wife grimaces whenever we make love??

  3. The Actual Wired Story by blacklite001 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Apparently it was too hard to actually link it in the post? http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.04/play.html ?pg=4

  4. Looking forward to it! by QuantumFTL · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Bill Nye has been quite active in the outreach efforts for the Mars Exploration Rovers mission. Back in the summer of 2003, at a launch party, I had the pleasure of sharing a few drinks with him on the beach one evening, and he was telling me about his ideas for this show. It sounded very cool - Mr. Nye is very insightful and is rightly concerned about a lot of these serious issues.

    A side note - he really seems to hate people making a big fuss over him being "the science guy" (then again with that annoying theme song, who wouldn't?). He's just a very sharp guy who has a lot of interest in science and outreach. I think he'll be quite capable at holding the attention of adults.

    Also, when he was telling me about the show, it was originally entitled "Through the Eyes of Nye," I wonder why they changed it...

  5. Re:I'd go for Beakman's World, personally by Mr.Progressive · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tell me about it. I'd sooooo bang that fat guy in the rat suit. Wait... what?

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