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Bill Nye
William Sanford Nye is an American science communicator, television presenter, and former mechanical engineer. He is best known as the host of the science education television show Bill Nye the Science Guy (1993–1998) and as a science educator in pop culture. Born in Washington, D.C., Nye began his career as a mechanical engineer for Boeing in Seattle, where he invented a hydraulic resonance suppr…
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science · American science communicator (born 1955) · engineer · educator · writer · television personality · scientist · science communicator · actor · also Bill Nye, William S. Nye, William Sanford "Bill" Nye, The Science Guy, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Nye
Born 27 November 1955 · Q2619019
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2026· 4 entries
“We were trying something new. It wasn”
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Yahoo: Bill Nye The Science Guy Connects Stargate To A Hit NBC Series
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Public attention spiked: 4,575 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.9× the usual 1,173, with 0 article edits.
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2025· 7 entries
collider: Bill Nye May Have Changed Science for a Generation of Kids — but This Failure Tanked His Reputation
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New York Post: Bill Nye says US climate crisis is a reason deadly Texas floods were so destructive: ‘Exactly what was predicted’
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Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by Joe Biden (2025).
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The New York Times: Jaylen Brown and Bill Nye: How this unlikely duo teamed up to launch a new sneaker
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Women's Wear Daily: Bill Nye Is the Most-searched Model During Fall 2025 New York Fashion Week, According to Google
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Yahoo: Bill Nye 'The Science Guy' awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Nye was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden
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2024· 3 entries
CNN: See Bill Nye’s response to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s conspiracy about the weather
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New York Post: Bill Nye the Science Guy is more ready for the solar eclipse than you with this insane photo shoot
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Nye was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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2023· 2 entries
Lead Stories rated the claim “bill nye said there is nowhere to go in space exploration” Out Of Context.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “When Bill Nye said “the Earth is a closed system,” he suggested space exploration is impossible.” False.
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2022· 1 entry
Nye married journalist Liza Mundy
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2020· 1 entry
Nye took to Twitter endorsing Joe Biden for president, urging his followers to vote on behalf of climate change and science
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2019· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “TV host Bill Nye "the Science Guy" was arrested on suspicion of manufacturing and selling illegal drugs.” Labeled Satire.
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Discussed climate change and the proposed Green New Deal, and said:
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2018· 5 entries
Lead Stories rated the claim “Bill Nye The Science Guy Arrested For Manufacturing And Distribution Of Drugs From His Lab” False.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Bill Nye tweeted "Are you made of copper, nitrogen, terbium and silver? Because you’re a CuNTbAG"” False.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Bill Nye tweeted to ask if a person was "made of copper, nitrogen, terbium, and silver."” False.
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Nye guest-starred in an episode of Blindspot, "Let It Go", playing a fictionalized version of himself who is the father of the character Patterson
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Nye made a second guest appearance on The Big Bang Theory as himself, together with fellow scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson, in the first episode ("The Conjugal Configuration") of the show's final season
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2017· 5 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Bill Nye proposed penalizing families with too many children to reduce population growth and slow climate change.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Bill Nye said that gender is determined "by your chromosomes" during an episode of "Bill Nye the Science Guy."” False.
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Was the subject of a biographical documentary film, Bill Nye: Science Guy, directed by David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg
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In the 2017 PBS documentary Bill Nye: Science Guy, Nye discussed his family history of ataxia.
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The Netflix series Bill Nye Saves the World debuted, and ran for three seasons until 2018
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2016· 1 entry
Netflix announced that Nye would appear in a new series, Bill Nye Saves the World, which premiered on April 21, 2017
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2015· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “Residents in Waco, Texas booed Bill Nye The Science Guy for saying that the moon reflects light from the sun.” Mixture.
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2014· 2 entries
Awarded Washington Award in Chicago (2014).
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Nye was a celebrity guest and interviewer at the White House Student Film Festival
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2013· 2 entries
Nye guest-starred in The Big Bang Theory episode "The Proton Displacement"
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Partnered with new professional dancer Tyne Stecklein
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2011· 2 entries
Nye gave a public lecture at Cornell University that filled its 715-seat Statler Auditorium
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The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSICOP) gave Nye their highest award, In Praise of Reason
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2008· 1 entry
Nye hosted Stuff Happens, a short-lived show on the Planet Green network
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2007· 4 entries
Also made guest appearances on the VH1 reality show America's Most Smartest Model
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In 2007, Nye obtained a restraining order against Tindall after she broke into his house and stole several items, including his laptop computer, which she used to send defamatory emails impersonating Nye, and damaged Nye's garden with herbicide.
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Nye obtained a restraining order against Tindall after she broke into his house and stole several items, including his laptop computer, which she used to send defamatory emails impersonating Nye, and damaged Nye's garden
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Also hosted an eight-part Discovery Channel series, Greatest Inventions with Bill Nye
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2004· 1 entry
And 2005, he hosted 100 Greatest Discoveries, an award-winning series produced by THINKFilm for the Science Channel, broadcast in high definition on the Discovery HD Theater network
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1997· 2 entries
Awarded Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science (1997).
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CSICOP also presented Nye with the Candle in the Dark Award for his "lively, creative
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1996· 1 entry
For Windows and Macintosh by Pacific Interactive
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1993· 1 entry
Collaborating with James McKenna, Erren Gottlieb and Elizabeth Brock, Nye developed a pilot for a new show, Bill Nye the Science Guy, for the Seattle public broadcasting station KCTS-TV
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1989· 1 entry
To host Fabulous Wetlands, a short educational show about Washington's wetlands, sponsored by the Washington State Department of Ecology
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1988· 1 entry
That answered listener questions about science topics
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1987· 1 entry
Went to great lengths to meet with Carl Sagan at Cornell
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1986· 3 entries
To focus on his burgeoning comedy career
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Nye worked as a writer/actor on a local sketch comedy television show in Seattle called Almost Live
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Left Boeing to pursue comedy, writing and performing for the local sketch television show Almost Live
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1955· 1 entry
Born 1955-11-27.
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