The Trump administration upended federal funding for all kinds of scientific pursuits, slashing budgets across agencies like NASA, NIH and NOAA. NPR's Rob Stein and Katia Riddle spoke to scientists ...

Bill Nye: Cornell University alum, Boeing engineer, comedian, and, yes, the center of the breakout series Bill Nye the Science Guy. The children's educational series, first airing in 1993, became one ...

Bill Nye turns 70 on November 27, 2025, and that may be a shock to us ’90s kids who remember the excitement of the TV being wheeled into the classroom and the catchy theme song playing, with all of us ...

Before Bill Nye was the Science Guy, he was Bill Nye the Cornell Student, Bill Nye the Boeing Engineer and Bill Nye the Comedian. The Emmy-winning TV presenter, who turns 70 on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 ...

The TV presenter and activist, who turns 70 on Nov. 27, 2025, has made a name for himself as an Emmy-winning science educator Brendan Le is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE with four years of experience ...

Bill Nighy was once invited to meet Bob Dylan backstage at a concert. He said no. “I never want to meet anyone because I don’t know what to do,” says the 75-year-old Oscar nominee and lifelong Dylan ...

Static electricity can remove up to three-quarters of frost from a surface, which could save vast amounts of energy and millions of tonnes of antifreeze currently used to defrost vehicles. In 2021, ...

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At first glance, it’s a wonder that jumping parasitic nematodes exist at all. To reproduce, these minuscule creatures—roughly the size of a pinpoint—hurl themselves up to 25 times their body length to ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WRIC) — Bill Nye the Science Guy and former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg joined Abigail Spanberger in Charlottesville on Tuesday to encourage voters to choose ...

Static electricity can be a small annoyance for humans—a zap when you touch a doorknob, your hair shooting up when you pull off a sweater—but for small organisms, it can be a lifesaver. Static helps ...