February 7, 2025 • 19 mins
Did you know that some people used to think bees couldn’t fly? How is that possible?! In this buzzing episode of the Lingokids Podcast, Luis and Emily transform into actual bees 🐝 and use the power of SCIENCE to solve this tricky mystery!
They get help from Bill Nye the Science Guy, who shares his secrets about making science fun for millions of kids on TV and social media. 🎥 Can Luis and Emily use Bill’s expert tips to crack the case? Tune in and find out!
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A Lingokids Original podcast produced by Studio Ochenta
Starring Emily Calandrelli as Herself and Parker James Logie as Luis
Guest: Bill Nye
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
I worked on trying to be funny, and I've had
a lot of people come up to me over the
last thirty years and say, hey, I want to do
what you did. I want to do science that's fun
and makes you lou Every day, every day I learned
something that just fills me with joy what I call
(00:22):
the JOD in English the joy of discovery, and it's
the PB and J which is peanut, butter and jelly,
but it's also the passion, beauty and joy of science.
I love it. Hi, I'm Bill Nye and this is
the Lingo Kids Growing Up podcast. Stick around. We're going
to have fun with science.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
That's none other than Bill Nye. You may know him
from his work on TV. He made it his goal
to share his love of science and learning to kids
and grown ups alike.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Basically, he's well, he's the.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Science guy and on top of it all, a man
with excellent.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Taste in bow tyes.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Welcome to Growing Up, a Lingo Kids podcast that helps
kids discover how to be whatever they want to be.
Join us on an adventure to unravel the secrets behind
the coolest skills and hobbies and the people who followed
their dreams Today Luisa and I will explore the wonders
of science and how we can teach others about the
(01:32):
fascinating ways our world works.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
And it starts in a beehive.
Speaker 4 (01:59):
On a day like any other. At go forward, lambs,
Emily and Louis buzz into a wild adventure. They are
no longer our good old hosts, but bees, yues, bees
with wings stripes and a super important mission and super
slow mo cameras to capture every tiny detail along the way.
Speaker 5 (02:21):
Well, Emily, I see the daisy we were looking for.
Can you buzz in with our landing orders?
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Well, Louise, since the bee yourself machine works so well,
you bet I can buzz in.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
I'm a bee just like you.
Speaker 5 (02:36):
After all, Good one, Emily, we have some pretty cool wings. Now.
Oh hi, Queen bee huh? I always wanted to say,
Heart of the Queen. She really is a busy bee today,
Yes she is? Okay, Emily, mission recap. We're here because
we were watching Bill Love the Science Guy on TV
earlier today and he said something that made me go.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
What believe it or not? They had this item that said,
according to aerynamic theory, bees cannot fly not fly.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Yeah, that's not really true, is it.
Speaker 5 (03:13):
Of course it's not true. I mean, look at us.
I can fly just fine.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Ooh, I have an idea.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
I can record you on our super slow mo cam
and we can find out. Try it, Emily recording and
three two one fly around, Luis.
Speaker 5 (03:32):
Way, Why you got that, Emily?
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Yep, got it just right, Emily.
Speaker 5 (03:38):
I was just wondering, what's a rodynamics aerodynamics?
Speaker 3 (03:45):
Well, it's basically rules.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
That explain how both airplanes and birds fly, how the
air moves around their bodies and their wings so that
they can lift up and up and up and up
into the air.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
But then, why do people say that bees can't fly
if we can actually see bees fly?
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Oh right, that's a question that we can answer through observation, Luis.
I think we can use our video to find out
why some people say bees don't really fly.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
Attention be simulation ending interview incoming. Sorry to be such
a buzzkill.
Speaker 5 (04:23):
Well what's going on, Emily? What happened?
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Oh no, I forgot.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
I set the Bee Yourself machine to take us out
in time for our interview with Bill Nye.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
I got the video just in time.
Speaker 5 (04:40):
We're talking to Bill Nye. The science guy. No way,
I should put on my bow tie just like him.
But I hope I can get an answer to this.
Bees cannot fly sing? You should try.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Bill is the right person to ask about all things science.
He is such an amazing guy. Did I tell you
that I worked with him on TV?
Speaker 5 (05:00):
Oh? You did? Does he really always wear a bow tie?
Speaker 2 (05:03):
I don't think I've ever seen him without one? But yes,
I was a correspondent for his show, Bill Nye Saves
the world. And you know what makes him truly special,
luis what Not only does he know about science, he's
also a science communicator, someone who knows how to speak
about science well to everyone.
Speaker 5 (05:26):
Wow. Does that mean he's like a teacher more or less?
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Yes, But outside of school, he's a teacher on TV
and on radio and on the internet.
Speaker 5 (05:37):
I can't wait to talk to him. Let's go then.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Welcome to our growing up talking game show, and today
we are delighted to be joined by everyone's favorite science communicator,
Bill Nye.
Speaker 5 (05:57):
Hi, Bill, I'm so glad to meet you. Emily and
Lewis Phil I'm going right in. I have a super
important question. What do you know about bees?
Speaker 1 (06:07):
I remember very well. I got stung by.
Speaker 5 (06:10):
A bee ooh ouch.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
And then following on in the Washington Post newspaper they
had a Sunday feature called Ripley's Believe It or Not,
and then Ripley's Believe It or Not they had this
or this item that said, according to aerodynamic theory, bees
cannot fly.
Speaker 5 (06:32):
Yes, I heard you say that on your TV show today.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
As a kid, I remember thinking that can't be right.
The bees are flying. The problem has got to be
with the theory.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Oh, just like us, let's write that down, Luis. Maybe
we need to look at the problem differently.
Speaker 5 (06:49):
The problem's got to be with the theory.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
The bee staying led to me just watching bees. I
watched bees and I realized that not everything grown ups
tell you is true. That was I talk about this
from time behind, because that really was inspirational for me, Like,
you can do your own investigation. You don't have to
take grown up's word for it.
Speaker 5 (07:11):
I knew it. We got to do our own investigation
with the bees. Emily agreed.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Science is about being curious, asking questions and looking for answers,
and that's my favorite part of it too. This and
making experiments.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
By the way, did you know that there are different
types of scientists.
Speaker 5 (07:31):
Yes, like scientists to study.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Stars, yes, astronomers, other study animals, zoologists.
Speaker 5 (07:39):
Yes, and many other cool stuff. Bill, What kind of
science person did you want to be growing up?
Speaker 1 (07:45):
I became a mechanical engineer because I like airplanes and bicycles.
I mean, that's really the thing, that's really what got
me into it is science. Engineering is using science to
make stuff and solve problem.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Yes, as a fellow engineer, and that's what I love
the most about it. But Bill, something I love about
your work on TV is how you make science entertaining
and funny.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
How did you learn to do all that?
Speaker 1 (08:13):
I mean, as the youngest kid in my family, I
have an older brother, older sister, you become extroverted. You
try to get attention. You're the last to come along,
and you try to you make funny faces. You concentrate
on things that make grown ups laugh. It was reinforced.
If you said something funny, that was good. And so
(08:35):
later in life, I was a professional joke writer.
Speaker 5 (08:39):
You were a professional joke writer too. Wow.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
I worked on it. I worked on trying to be funny.
And I've had a lot of people come up to
me over the last thirty years and say hey, I
want to do what you did. I want I want
to do science that's fun and makes you laugh.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Bill, You've done so much cool stuff over the years.
You worked on TV and helped design the airplanes we
fly today. I just want to show everyone You've marked
generations of people all over the world and all out
of love for science.
Speaker 5 (09:16):
Wow. I want to help people love science too, Emily.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
Yes, it's a beautiful thing to do.
Speaker 5 (09:22):
I just want to know, now, Bill, what makes you
love science so much.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Science is the way that we learn about nature. It's
where we observe things in the universe, wonder about why
they're happening.
Speaker 5 (09:38):
And how do you do science? Bill?
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Come up with an idea? What the word is hypothesis,
which means idea underneath, the underneath, idea for why something happens.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Wait, hypo what hypothesis?
Speaker 3 (09:54):
The word hypothesis.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Actually comes from ancient Greece, where a scientists did some
of the first recorded experiments.
Speaker 5 (10:02):
Oh, I see, so, Bill, what do you do after
you have a hypothesis?
Speaker 1 (10:06):
Then we create a test or an experiment, and then
run the experiment, run the test, and compare what we
thought would happen, what actually did at and then start.
Speaker 5 (10:17):
Over hypothesis, test, experiment, then test, and then experiments and compare. Huh.
Sounds like a lot of work, but also like trying to.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Be the game, and that's what drives the world's best scientists,
such as yourself. Bill, You've had an amazing career, of course,
but were you ever worried that, well, you wouldn't make.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
It constantly, continually all the time.
Speaker 5 (10:44):
Really, but you look so confident on TV.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
I took the risk and I don't regret it. And
you may have heard this expression. People don't regret what
they do. They regret what they don't do. So go for.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
It, Bill, Motivational skills are just as awesome as your
cool bow ties.
Speaker 5 (11:04):
So Bill, what should I do if I want to
go for it and be a science communicator?
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Take stuff apart, try things, and if you make a
mess trying things, be sure to clean it up. Otherwise
the grown ups in your life will not let you try.
Speaker 5 (11:21):
Take things apart and make a mess. I'm loving these
tips so far.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
Absolutely, the best discoveries happen when you take things apart
and look at them piece by piece to see how.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
They work, and then in the kitchen is where you
can learn a lot about how materials work cooking. When
you cook things, you see how temperature effects chemicals.
Speaker 5 (11:48):
Huh, now that you mention it. The kitchen is like
a science lab tasty experiments.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
You should see my kitchen when I'm in my experiment mood. Yes,
times you do have to make a mess and play
around with stuff to find your next discovery.
Speaker 5 (12:05):
And speaking of playing, Emily is a game show time?
Speaker 3 (12:09):
You got it?
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Hello everybody, and welcome to our game show with the
fabulous Bill Nye Luise.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
What are we playing today today?
Speaker 5 (12:21):
It's trivia time. Bill. I have a few fun sciencey
questions for you. Ready to try to answer them?
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Yeah, let's see. Le's go, let's go, Let's go.
Speaker 5 (12:34):
It's great, awesome, okay. Question one, almost the first food
eaten by an American astronaut in space was it a
mac and cheese, B, apple sauce or C vanilla ice cream?
Speaker 1 (12:51):
It was apple sauce. I say that because it would
fit in a tube like toothpaste.
Speaker 5 (12:59):
That's correct. Astronaut John glenn Ate a tube of apple
sauce in his space mission in nineteen sixty two.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
And do you know why it was in a tube.
Speaker 5 (13:08):
Louise, m oh, because things float around in space. I
guess it would get pretty messy if it were in
a bowl or something.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
Yes, you got it all right.
Speaker 5 (13:18):
Next question question two, Bill, which are the following things
that grow on trees can be used to predict weather?
A pine cones, B oranges or C. Figs?
Speaker 1 (13:33):
I think a pine cone. When they open up, that's
when it's getting warm.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
You're right. Pine cones open up when the day is dry,
and they close when it's about to rain. That's why
they can help predict rainfall.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
You're going to roll today, Bill.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
You guys, I didn't know the answer is. This is
based on my lifelong experience. Back to you.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
I knew you'd do great bell Okay, Next question, Louise.
Speaker 5 (13:59):
Question three, Which of these animals has the largest brain? A? Elephants, B,
silver backed gorillas or C. Sperm whales.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
The sperm whale. They have huge brain. They're houch.
Speaker 5 (14:17):
Correct again, sperm whales have the largest brain in the
animal world. I wonder if sperm whales can get a
brain freeze.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
We have to feed them ice cream to find out.
Speaker 5 (14:27):
Maybe that can be our next experiment.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
Maybe, I'm sure Wales wouldn't mind trying some Rocky Road
ice cream. Bill, We had so much fun. Any final
thoughts you'd like to share before we let you go.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
Well, I love science because it's how we learn about
the world. It's how we learn about what I like
to call our place in space, our place on this planet,
going around this star, in this galaxy, part of this
universe and cosmos. And every day, every day, I learned
(15:01):
something that just fills me with joy, what I call
the JOD in English, the joy of discovery, and it's
the p B and JA which is peanut, butter and jelly,
but it's also the passion, beauty and joy of science.
I love it.
Speaker 3 (15:17):
Oh, that's beautiful, Bill.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
We're all part of the universe, and the stars that
are in space are also inside us too. Those are
the same reasons I love science. Thank you so much
for being with.
Speaker 3 (15:31):
Us here today. So, Louis, what did you learn from Bill?
Speaker 1 (15:36):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (15:37):
I want that to do science, you have to make
a mess and clean it up. And I also learned
that we're made of stars and that grown ups we're
wrong about bees.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
Excellent, And speaking of bees, let's go back to our mission,
shall we. So Louis, are you ready to.
Speaker 3 (15:56):
Solve the question that's been buzzing in our minds? I
am excellent. Let's recap. What question did we want to answer?
Speaker 5 (16:05):
It's how come bees can fly if science says they're
not supposed to exactly?
Speaker 2 (16:11):
For many years, science weren't sure how they could fly
if they had such small wings compared to the rest
of their body.
Speaker 5 (16:18):
I don't know, Emily. When I change into a bee,
the wings on my back felt pretty large, like like
the size of my arms.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
You're right, but let's think of birds. Bird wings are
usually much larger compared to the rest of their body.
Speaker 5 (16:34):
Oh, so the reason science people thought bees couldn't fly
was because they thought only birds could fly bingo.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Yes, but let's figure it out for ourselves. Let's check
out the video I took with our super slow motion cam.
Speaker 5 (16:50):
Yes, let's do it. I want to see what a
bee looks like in slow.
Speaker 3 (16:54):
Mo activating slow motion view.
Speaker 5 (16:59):
Oh, Emily, the wings don't move up and down like birds.
They're moving back and forth.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
You got it. That's what helps bees be in the air.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
Both birds and bees can fly, they just fly in
their own ways.
Speaker 5 (17:18):
So that's why science is so important. We need to
ask questions like do bees fly or not? Then make
a wait, Emily, what was that Greek word again?
Speaker 3 (17:29):
Hypothesis?
Speaker 5 (17:30):
Yes, a hypothesis.
Speaker 2 (17:32):
Our hypothesis was bees fly. But there must be something
there that we're not seeing.
Speaker 5 (17:39):
And then we want experiments and try to test it.
Speaker 3 (17:42):
So we filmed bees flying.
Speaker 5 (17:44):
And that's how we learn new things that bees fly
but not like birds fly.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
And since science can sometimes be super specific and with
big words, that's where science communicators like Bill and I
come in.
Speaker 5 (18:01):
Yeah, science communicators make it easy for people to fall
in love with science and have fun with it.
Speaker 3 (18:07):
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
By the way, all this talk about science makes me
want to go get something to drink.
Speaker 3 (18:14):
I'm thinking bobait are you in?
Speaker 5 (18:16):
Oh? Yes, please, and I want my Boba Ti with honey.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Thanks for joining us on this episode of Growing Up.
I hope you enjoyed learning about how fun science can
be and why it's so important to be curious and
observe the world around us. Remember a little listener, dream big,
and always stay curious.
Speaker 5 (18:37):
Luis, are you.
Speaker 3 (18:38):
Ready for more adventure?
Speaker 5 (18:40):
There's more?
Speaker 3 (18:41):
Yep, there is loads.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
More to explore on the world's number one kids learning app,
Lingo Kids. It has tons of videos, games and songs
and every single one is fun and educational. Download the
Lingo Kids app today for.
Speaker 3 (18:56):
Free, he said. Against stall in the Fi Voi La
from Alads can save its side.
Speaker 5 (19:08):
And there the
Speaker 1 (19:09):
Bags, bat bag of
I worked on trying to be funny, and I've had
a lot of people come up to me over the
last thirty years and say, hey, I want to do
what you did. I want to do science that's fun
and makes you lou Every day, every day I learned
something that just fills me with joy what I call
(00:22):
the JOD in English the joy of discovery, and it's
the PB and J which is peanut, butter and jelly,
but it's also the passion, beauty and joy of science.
I love it. Hi, I'm Bill Nye and this is
the Lingo Kids Growing Up podcast. Stick around. We're going
to have fun with science.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
That's none other than Bill Nye. You may know him
from his work on TV. He made it his goal
to share his love of science and learning to kids
and grown ups alike.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Basically, he's well, he's the.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Science guy and on top of it all, a man
with excellent.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Taste in bow tyes.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Welcome to Growing Up, a Lingo Kids podcast that helps
kids discover how to be whatever they want to be.
Join us on an adventure to unravel the secrets behind
the coolest skills and hobbies and the people who followed
their dreams Today Luisa and I will explore the wonders
of science and how we can teach others about the
(01:32):
fascinating ways our world works.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
And it starts in a beehive.
Speaker 4 (01:59):
On a day like any other. At go forward, lambs,
Emily and Louis buzz into a wild adventure. They are
no longer our good old hosts, but bees, yues, bees
with wings stripes and a super important mission and super
slow mo cameras to capture every tiny detail along the way.
Speaker 5 (02:21):
Well, Emily, I see the daisy we were looking for.
Can you buzz in with our landing orders?
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Well, Louise, since the bee yourself machine works so well,
you bet I can buzz in.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
I'm a bee just like you.
Speaker 5 (02:36):
After all, Good one, Emily, we have some pretty cool wings. Now.
Oh hi, Queen bee huh? I always wanted to say,
Heart of the Queen. She really is a busy bee today,
Yes she is? Okay, Emily, mission recap. We're here because
we were watching Bill Love the Science Guy on TV
earlier today and he said something that made me go.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
What believe it or not? They had this item that said,
according to aerynamic theory, bees cannot fly not fly.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Yeah, that's not really true, is it.
Speaker 5 (03:13):
Of course it's not true. I mean, look at us.
I can fly just fine.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Ooh, I have an idea.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
I can record you on our super slow mo cam
and we can find out. Try it, Emily recording and
three two one fly around, Luis.
Speaker 5 (03:32):
Way, Why you got that, Emily?
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Yep, got it just right, Emily.
Speaker 5 (03:38):
I was just wondering, what's a rodynamics aerodynamics?
Speaker 3 (03:45):
Well, it's basically rules.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
That explain how both airplanes and birds fly, how the
air moves around their bodies and their wings so that
they can lift up and up and up and up
into the air.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
But then, why do people say that bees can't fly
if we can actually see bees fly?
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Oh right, that's a question that we can answer through observation, Luis.
I think we can use our video to find out
why some people say bees don't really fly.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
Attention be simulation ending interview incoming. Sorry to be such
a buzzkill.
Speaker 5 (04:23):
Well what's going on, Emily? What happened?
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Oh no, I forgot.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
I set the Bee Yourself machine to take us out
in time for our interview with Bill Nye.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
I got the video just in time.
Speaker 5 (04:40):
We're talking to Bill Nye. The science guy. No way,
I should put on my bow tie just like him.
But I hope I can get an answer to this.
Bees cannot fly sing? You should try.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Bill is the right person to ask about all things science.
He is such an amazing guy. Did I tell you
that I worked with him on TV?
Speaker 5 (05:00):
Oh? You did? Does he really always wear a bow tie?
Speaker 2 (05:03):
I don't think I've ever seen him without one? But yes,
I was a correspondent for his show, Bill Nye Saves
the world. And you know what makes him truly special,
luis what Not only does he know about science, he's
also a science communicator, someone who knows how to speak
about science well to everyone.
Speaker 5 (05:26):
Wow. Does that mean he's like a teacher more or less?
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Yes, But outside of school, he's a teacher on TV
and on radio and on the internet.
Speaker 5 (05:37):
I can't wait to talk to him. Let's go then.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Welcome to our growing up talking game show, and today
we are delighted to be joined by everyone's favorite science communicator,
Bill Nye.
Speaker 5 (05:57):
Hi, Bill, I'm so glad to meet you. Emily and
Lewis Phil I'm going right in. I have a super
important question. What do you know about bees?
Speaker 1 (06:07):
I remember very well. I got stung by.
Speaker 5 (06:10):
A bee ooh ouch.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
And then following on in the Washington Post newspaper they
had a Sunday feature called Ripley's Believe It or Not,
and then Ripley's Believe It or Not they had this
or this item that said, according to aerodynamic theory, bees
cannot fly.
Speaker 5 (06:32):
Yes, I heard you say that on your TV show today.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
As a kid, I remember thinking that can't be right.
The bees are flying. The problem has got to be
with the theory.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Oh, just like us, let's write that down, Luis. Maybe
we need to look at the problem differently.
Speaker 5 (06:49):
The problem's got to be with the theory.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
The bee staying led to me just watching bees. I
watched bees and I realized that not everything grown ups
tell you is true. That was I talk about this
from time behind, because that really was inspirational for me, Like,
you can do your own investigation. You don't have to
take grown up's word for it.
Speaker 5 (07:11):
I knew it. We got to do our own investigation
with the bees. Emily agreed.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Science is about being curious, asking questions and looking for answers,
and that's my favorite part of it too. This and
making experiments.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
By the way, did you know that there are different
types of scientists.
Speaker 5 (07:31):
Yes, like scientists to study.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Stars, yes, astronomers, other study animals, zoologists.
Speaker 5 (07:39):
Yes, and many other cool stuff. Bill, What kind of
science person did you want to be growing up?
Speaker 1 (07:45):
I became a mechanical engineer because I like airplanes and bicycles.
I mean, that's really the thing, that's really what got
me into it is science. Engineering is using science to
make stuff and solve problem.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Yes, as a fellow engineer, and that's what I love
the most about it. But Bill, something I love about
your work on TV is how you make science entertaining
and funny.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
How did you learn to do all that?
Speaker 1 (08:13):
I mean, as the youngest kid in my family, I
have an older brother, older sister, you become extroverted. You
try to get attention. You're the last to come along,
and you try to you make funny faces. You concentrate
on things that make grown ups laugh. It was reinforced.
If you said something funny, that was good. And so
(08:35):
later in life, I was a professional joke writer.
Speaker 5 (08:39):
You were a professional joke writer too. Wow.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
I worked on it. I worked on trying to be funny.
And I've had a lot of people come up to
me over the last thirty years and say hey, I
want to do what you did. I want I want
to do science that's fun and makes you laugh.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Bill, You've done so much cool stuff over the years.
You worked on TV and helped design the airplanes we
fly today. I just want to show everyone You've marked
generations of people all over the world and all out
of love for science.
Speaker 5 (09:16):
Wow. I want to help people love science too, Emily.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
Yes, it's a beautiful thing to do.
Speaker 5 (09:22):
I just want to know, now, Bill, what makes you
love science so much.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Science is the way that we learn about nature. It's
where we observe things in the universe, wonder about why
they're happening.
Speaker 5 (09:38):
And how do you do science? Bill?
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Come up with an idea? What the word is hypothesis,
which means idea underneath, the underneath, idea for why something happens.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Wait, hypo what hypothesis?
Speaker 3 (09:54):
The word hypothesis.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Actually comes from ancient Greece, where a scientists did some
of the first recorded experiments.
Speaker 5 (10:02):
Oh, I see, so, Bill, what do you do after
you have a hypothesis?
Speaker 1 (10:06):
Then we create a test or an experiment, and then
run the experiment, run the test, and compare what we
thought would happen, what actually did at and then start.
Speaker 5 (10:17):
Over hypothesis, test, experiment, then test, and then experiments and compare. Huh.
Sounds like a lot of work, but also like trying to.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Be the game, and that's what drives the world's best scientists,
such as yourself. Bill, You've had an amazing career, of course,
but were you ever worried that, well, you wouldn't make.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
It constantly, continually all the time.
Speaker 5 (10:44):
Really, but you look so confident on TV.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
I took the risk and I don't regret it. And
you may have heard this expression. People don't regret what
they do. They regret what they don't do. So go for.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
It, Bill, Motivational skills are just as awesome as your
cool bow ties.
Speaker 5 (11:04):
So Bill, what should I do if I want to
go for it and be a science communicator?
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Take stuff apart, try things, and if you make a
mess trying things, be sure to clean it up. Otherwise
the grown ups in your life will not let you try.
Speaker 5 (11:21):
Take things apart and make a mess. I'm loving these
tips so far.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
Absolutely, the best discoveries happen when you take things apart
and look at them piece by piece to see how.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
They work, and then in the kitchen is where you
can learn a lot about how materials work cooking. When
you cook things, you see how temperature effects chemicals.
Speaker 5 (11:48):
Huh, now that you mention it. The kitchen is like
a science lab tasty experiments.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
You should see my kitchen when I'm in my experiment mood. Yes,
times you do have to make a mess and play
around with stuff to find your next discovery.
Speaker 5 (12:05):
And speaking of playing, Emily is a game show time?
Speaker 3 (12:09):
You got it?
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Hello everybody, and welcome to our game show with the
fabulous Bill Nye Luise.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
What are we playing today today?
Speaker 5 (12:21):
It's trivia time. Bill. I have a few fun sciencey
questions for you. Ready to try to answer them?
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Yeah, let's see. Le's go, let's go, Let's go.
Speaker 5 (12:34):
It's great, awesome, okay. Question one, almost the first food
eaten by an American astronaut in space was it a
mac and cheese, B, apple sauce or C vanilla ice cream?
Speaker 1 (12:51):
It was apple sauce. I say that because it would
fit in a tube like toothpaste.
Speaker 5 (12:59):
That's correct. Astronaut John glenn Ate a tube of apple
sauce in his space mission in nineteen sixty two.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
And do you know why it was in a tube.
Speaker 5 (13:08):
Louise, m oh, because things float around in space. I
guess it would get pretty messy if it were in
a bowl or something.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
Yes, you got it all right.
Speaker 5 (13:18):
Next question question two, Bill, which are the following things
that grow on trees can be used to predict weather?
A pine cones, B oranges or C. Figs?
Speaker 1 (13:33):
I think a pine cone. When they open up, that's
when it's getting warm.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
You're right. Pine cones open up when the day is dry,
and they close when it's about to rain. That's why
they can help predict rainfall.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
You're going to roll today, Bill.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
You guys, I didn't know the answer is. This is
based on my lifelong experience. Back to you.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
I knew you'd do great bell Okay, Next question, Louise.
Speaker 5 (13:59):
Question three, Which of these animals has the largest brain? A? Elephants, B,
silver backed gorillas or C. Sperm whales.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
The sperm whale. They have huge brain. They're houch.
Speaker 5 (14:17):
Correct again, sperm whales have the largest brain in the
animal world. I wonder if sperm whales can get a
brain freeze.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
We have to feed them ice cream to find out.
Speaker 5 (14:27):
Maybe that can be our next experiment.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
Maybe, I'm sure Wales wouldn't mind trying some Rocky Road
ice cream. Bill, We had so much fun. Any final
thoughts you'd like to share before we let you go.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
Well, I love science because it's how we learn about
the world. It's how we learn about what I like
to call our place in space, our place on this planet,
going around this star, in this galaxy, part of this
universe and cosmos. And every day, every day, I learned
(15:01):
something that just fills me with joy, what I call
the JOD in English, the joy of discovery, and it's
the p B and JA which is peanut, butter and jelly,
but it's also the passion, beauty and joy of science.
I love it.
Speaker 3 (15:17):
Oh, that's beautiful, Bill.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
We're all part of the universe, and the stars that
are in space are also inside us too. Those are
the same reasons I love science. Thank you so much
for being with.
Speaker 3 (15:31):
Us here today. So, Louis, what did you learn from Bill?
Speaker 1 (15:36):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (15:37):
I want that to do science, you have to make
a mess and clean it up. And I also learned
that we're made of stars and that grown ups we're
wrong about bees.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
Excellent, And speaking of bees, let's go back to our mission,
shall we. So Louis, are you ready to.
Speaker 3 (15:56):
Solve the question that's been buzzing in our minds? I
am excellent. Let's recap. What question did we want to answer?
Speaker 5 (16:05):
It's how come bees can fly if science says they're
not supposed to exactly?
Speaker 2 (16:11):
For many years, science weren't sure how they could fly
if they had such small wings compared to the rest
of their body.
Speaker 5 (16:18):
I don't know, Emily. When I change into a bee,
the wings on my back felt pretty large, like like
the size of my arms.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
You're right, but let's think of birds. Bird wings are
usually much larger compared to the rest of their body.
Speaker 5 (16:34):
Oh, so the reason science people thought bees couldn't fly
was because they thought only birds could fly bingo.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Yes, but let's figure it out for ourselves. Let's check
out the video I took with our super slow motion cam.
Speaker 5 (16:50):
Yes, let's do it. I want to see what a
bee looks like in slow.
Speaker 3 (16:54):
Mo activating slow motion view.
Speaker 5 (16:59):
Oh, Emily, the wings don't move up and down like birds.
They're moving back and forth.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
You got it. That's what helps bees be in the air.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
Both birds and bees can fly, they just fly in
their own ways.
Speaker 5 (17:18):
So that's why science is so important. We need to
ask questions like do bees fly or not? Then make
a wait, Emily, what was that Greek word again?
Speaker 3 (17:29):
Hypothesis?
Speaker 5 (17:30):
Yes, a hypothesis.
Speaker 2 (17:32):
Our hypothesis was bees fly. But there must be something
there that we're not seeing.
Speaker 5 (17:39):
And then we want experiments and try to test it.
Speaker 3 (17:42):
So we filmed bees flying.
Speaker 5 (17:44):
And that's how we learn new things that bees fly
but not like birds fly.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
And since science can sometimes be super specific and with
big words, that's where science communicators like Bill and I
come in.
Speaker 5 (18:01):
Yeah, science communicators make it easy for people to fall
in love with science and have fun with it.
Speaker 3 (18:07):
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
By the way, all this talk about science makes me
want to go get something to drink.
Speaker 3 (18:14):
I'm thinking bobait are you in?
Speaker 5 (18:16):
Oh? Yes, please, and I want my Boba Ti with honey.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Thanks for joining us on this episode of Growing Up.
I hope you enjoyed learning about how fun science can
be and why it's so important to be curious and
observe the world around us. Remember a little listener, dream big,
and always stay curious.
Speaker 5 (18:37):
Luis, are you.
Speaker 3 (18:38):
Ready for more adventure?
Speaker 5 (18:40):
There's more?
Speaker 3 (18:41):
Yep, there is loads.
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