8 Awesome Things We Learned About Bill Nye From His Reddit AMA
Bill Nye the Science Guy Ed Schipul via Wikimedia Commons Amid chants of "Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill!, the Science Guy himself logged on to Reddit yesterday afternoon to answer questions about science, his childhood, his favorite experiments, and a human mission to Mars. Despite a weird Gillette plug in his opening post, Bill Nye's latest AMA turned out to be just as fun as the one he hosted last year. Here are our eight favorite questions and answers. 1. Bill Nye's life was changed by bees. User MuddIsland asks, "Mr. Nye is there any interesting event from your childhood, teens, or even adult life that you would be willing to share? If so what is it and how did it affect your life?" Nye responds: I watched bumble bees (Hymentoptera bombidae) for hours. How could such a relatively big animal fly with such relatively small wings? The answer was discovered in my lifetime. Their...