Bill Nye

Bill Nye

Popularly known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, is an American science educator, comedian, television host, actor, mechanical engineer, writer and scientist.
 
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Headline Tag: Science Rating: Amazing Hits: 1121 Comments: 7 Climate 101 with Bill Nye Climate 101 with Bill Nye Bill Nye narrates this short film on the basics of climate change. Join us and stand up for reality. http://ClimateRealityProject.org May 14, 2013 1:02 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 37 Comments: 0 Live from the White House Science Fair with LeVar Burton and Bill Nye Live from the White House Science Fair with LeVar Burton and Bill Nye LeVar Burton, Bill Nye and Cristin Dorgelo interview young innovators at the 3rd White House Science Fair. http://www.whitehouse.gov/stem Apr 22, 2013 2:02 PM
Headline Tag: Science Rating: Good Hits: 1050 Comments: 0 Bill Nye and the Origin of Everything Bill Nye and the Origin of Everything The Good Stuff asks Bill Nye about the beginning of it all. Mar 5, 2013 5:41 PM
Unmoderated Tag: News Rating: No Votes Hits: 88 Comments: 0 Can Bill Nye Control Meteors? Can Bill Nye Control Meteors? Cenk theorizes that Bill's last appearance on The Young Turks may have caused a meteor to strike Russia. Tune in Mon - Thursday at 7e/4p on Current TV http://current.com/shows/the-young-turks/ Feb 20, 2013 8:04 PM
Unmoderated Tag: News Rating: No Votes Hits: 58 Comments: 0 Asteroid Da14 won't Hit Earth, but Bill Nye Says It wouldn't Be the First if It Did Asteroid Da14 won't Hit Earth, but Bill Nye Says It wouldn't Be the First if It Did Cenk interviews Bill Nye the Science Guy about asteroid DA14. Tune in Mon - Thursday at 7e/4p on Current TV http://current.com/shows/the-young-turks/ Feb 14, 2013 8:03 PM
Headline Tag: Celebrities Rating: Amazing Hits: 1467 Comments: 2 Bill Nye: Asteroid to Miss Hitting Earth by 15 Minutes Bill Nye: Asteroid to Miss Hitting Earth by 15 Minutes Bill Nye explains the size of the asteroid that is going to miss colliding with planet Earth. Feb 10, 2013 10:17 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Television Rating: No Votes Hits: 172 Comments: 0 NatGeo Live: Solar System Exploration NatGeo Live: Solar System Exploration 50 years and counting! Join Bill Nye and leading NASA scientists as they celebrate 50 years of enthralling solar system exploration, and look forward to what's to come. User: spam_vigilante Dec 10, 2012 3:40 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Science Rating: Good Hits: 131 Comments: 0 Bill Nye Needs You to Help Save Planetary Exploration Bill Nye Needs You to Help Save Planetary Exploration Bill Nye needs your help! We're writing the President of the United States, asking him to restore the funding cuts to NASA's planetary exploration program. Learn more and write your own letter at: http://planetary.org/SOS Oct 11, 2012 11:06 PM
Headline Tag: Science Rating: Amazing Hits: 1687 Comments: 0 Bill Nye: Greatest Discoveries : Biology Bill Nye: Greatest Discoveries : Biology Broadcast 2007. Hundreds of years before the DNA test, Micrographia championed the use of microscopes and set the stage for the first major discovery in biology: microorganisms. Learn how the secret of the cell was solved and how starfish led to the development of stem cell research. Where would we be today if it weren't for the scientists of the past? From the miniature world of genetics to the vast expanse of space, review the greatest discoveries of all time in this multi part series. Join host Bill Nye as he recounts the 100 most important discoveries and explains how each one has had a hand in shaping the modern world. Learn how the great discoveries were made, how they impacted the development of scientific knowledge. Discoveries Covered In This Episode: 1. Microorganisms (1674) Microscope lens grinder Anton Van Leeuwenhoek accidentally discovers microorganisms in a drop of water. Using his own microscopes, he observes sperm, bacteria and red blood cells. His observations lay the foundation for the sciences of bacteriology and microbiology. 2. The Cell Nucleus (1831) While studying an orchid, botanist Robert Brown identifies a structure within the cells that he terms the "nucleus." 3. Archaea (1977) Carl Woese discovers bacteria are not the only simple celled prokaryotes (unicellular organisms without a nucleus) on Earth. Many of the organisms classified in the new kingdom of Archaea are extremophiles. Some live at very high or low temperatures, others in highly saline, acidic or alkaline water. Some have been found in environments like marshland, sewage and soil. Archaea are usually harmless to other organisms and none are known to cause disease. 4. Cell Division (1879) Walther Flemming carefully observes that animal cells divide in stages and calls the process mitosis. Eduard Strasburger independently identifies a similar process in plant cells. 5. Sex Cells (1884) August Weismann identifies that sex cells must have divided differently to end up with only half of a chromosomal set. This very special division of sex cells is called meiosis. Weismann's experiments with reproduction in jellyfish lead him to the conclusion that variations in offspring result from the union of a substance from the parents. He refers to this substance as "germ plasm." 6. Cell Differentiation (late 19th century) Several scientists participate in the discovery of cell differentiation, eventually leading to the isolation of human embryonic stem cells. During differentiation, a cell turns into one of the many cell types that make up the body, such as a lung, skin or muscle cell. Certain genes are activated and others are inactivated, so the cell develops structures to perform a specific function. Cells that are not yet differentiated and have the potential to become any type of cell are called stem cells. 7. Mitochondria (late 19th century to the present) Scientists discover mitochondria, the powerhouses of the cell. These small structures within animal cells are responsible for metabolism and convert food into chemicals that cells can use. Scientists now believe they are specialized bacteria with their own DNA. 8. The Krebs Cycle (1937) Hans Krebs identifies the many steps the cell takes to convert sugars, fats and proteins into energy. Also known as the citric acid cycle, it is a series of chemical reactions using oxygen as part of cellular respiration. The cycle contributes to the breakdown of carbohydrates, fats and proteins into carbon dioxide and water. 9. Neurotransmission (late 19th to early 20th century) Discovery of neurotransmitters, how they tell the body what to do by passing signals from one nerve cell to another via chemical substances or electrical signals. 10. Hormones (1903) William H. Bayliss and Ernest H. Starling give hormones their name and reveal their role as chemical messengers. The team specifically describes secretin, a substance released into the blood from the duodenum (between the stomach and small intestine) that stimulates secretion of pancreatic digestive juice into the intestine. 11. Photosynthesis (1770s) Jan Ingenhousz discovers that plants react to sunlight differently than shade. The underpinnings of the understanding of photosynthesis are born. Photosynthesis is a process in which plants, algae and certain bacteria convert the energy of light into chemical energy. In plants, leaves take in carbon dioxide and roots absorb water. Sunlight runs a reaction that yields glucose (food for the plant) and oxygen (a waste product released into the environment). Nearly all living things on Earth are dependent on this process. User: spam_vigilante Sep 29, 2012 2:56 AM
Permanent Tag: Science Rating: Ok Hits: 422 Comments: 2 Vsauce: Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road? Vsauce: Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road? Youtube nerd Vsauce, joined by Bill Nye, returns with another intellectual conversation. User: Pantufas Sep 17, 2012 6:55 AM
Headline Tag: Politics Rating: Amazing Hits: 1651 Comments: 8 Bill Nye: Creationism is not Appropriate for Children Bill Nye: Creationism is not Appropriate for Children Evolution is the fundamental idea in all of life science, in all of biology. According to Bill Nye, aka "the science guy," if grownups want to "deny evolution and live in your world that's completely inconsistent with everything we observe in the universe, that's fine, but don't make your kids do it because we need them." -- Transcript: Denial of evolution is unique to the United States. I mean, we're the world's most advanced technological—I mean, you could say Japan—but generally, the United States is where most of the innovations still happens. People still move to the United States. And that's largely because of the intellectual capital we have, the general understanding of science. When you have a portion of the population that doesn't believe in that, it holds everybody back, really. Evolution is the fundamental idea in all of life science, in all of biology. It's like, it's very much analogous to trying to do geology without believing in tectonic plates. You're just not going to get the right answer. Your whole world is just going to be a mystery instead of an exciting place. As my old professor, Carl Sagan, said, "When you're in love you want to tell the world." So, once in a while I get people that really—or that claim—they don't believe in evolution. And my response generally is "Well, why not? Really, why not?" Your world just becomes fantastically complicated when you don't believe in evolution. I mean, here are these ancient dinosaur bones or fossils, here is radioactivity, here are distant stars that are just like our star but they're at a different point in their lifecycle. The idea of deep time, of this billions of years, explains so much of the world around us. If you try to ignore that, your world view just becomes crazy, just untenable, itself inconsistent. And I say to the grownups, if you want to deny evolution and live in your world, in your world that's completely inconsistent with everything we observe in the universe, that's fine, but don't make your kids do it because we need them. We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future. We need people that can—we need engineers that can build stuff, solve problems. It's just really hard a thing, it's really a hard thing. You know, in another couple of centuries that world view, I'm sure, will be, it just won't exist. There's no evidence for it. Directed / Produced by Jonathan Fowler and Elizabeth Rodd Aug 28, 2012 7:02 PM
Headline Tag: Science Rating: Amazing Hits: 1407 Comments: 0 100 Greatest Discoveries Evolution 100 Greatest Discoveries Evolution Bill Nye (the science guy) hosts this docu regarding the top 100 scientific discoveries. User: spam_vigilante Aug 13, 2012 8:59 AM
Headline Tag: Celebrities Rating: Amazing Hits: 927 Comments: 0 Bill Nye: Why We Explore Bill Nye: Why We Explore According to Bill Nye, if you stop exploring, you're not going to move forward as a species. Your country's economy will also fall behind. After all, space exploration stimulates the economy, since it is a so-called "trickle-up" investment. Directed / Produced by Jonathan Fowler and Elizabeth Rodd User: Pantufas Jun 10, 2012 4:26 AM
Permanent Tag: Humor Rating: Amazing Hits: 1144 Comments: 1 Awesome People Hanging Out Together Awesome People Hanging Out Together An archive, curated for posterity, of a largely candid photographic record of the association or interaction of notable individuals, with a primary focus on persons known to possess or exhibit a remarkable degree of awesomeness. User: RabidMadness May 9, 2012 4:45 AM
Permanent Tag: Celebrities Rating: Good Hits: 426 Comments: 0 Bill Nye: The Search for Life Begins with Water Bill Nye: The Search for Life Begins with Water What conditions are scientists looking for in their search for life on another planet? The presence of water is key, explains Bill Nye, aka The Science Guy. Directed / Produced by Jonathan Fowler and Elizabeth Rodd User: Pantufas Apr 30, 2012 8:44 AM
 
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