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Why Did Neil Grasse Tyson Get a Lot of Hate Mail?

Neil de Grasse Tyson’s declaration that Pluto should not be considered the ninth planet in our solar system was one of his most notable and contentious contributions. Tyson removed Pluto from the Hayden Planetarium’s planet display, referring to it as a dwarf planet. Do you know why Tyson gets a lot of hate mail?  Neil […]

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How Popular Was Carl Sagan’s Cosmos?

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage was an eighties show aired by the Public Broadcasting Service. Why was it so popular that it had to be remade? Let’s find out more about the Cosmos, and its creator, Carl Sagan. Hosted by Carl Sagan, Cosmos was the most frequently watched series on public television in the United States.

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Bill Nye (of Science Guy fame) invented a hydraulic component used on the 747 airliners, and holds three patents for other inventions.

Bill Nye This article is about the American science educator. For the British actor, see Bill Nighy. For other people, see Bill Nye (disambiguation). William Sanford Nye (born November 27, 1955), popularly known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, is an American mechanical engineer, science communicator, and television presenter. He is best known as the

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