If you ask a six-year-old to tell you a joke there is a good chance they'd respond with the classic groaner "Why did the chicken cross the road?"
However, as you can see in the video above from YouTube explainer V
Bill Nye the Science Guy has taken the internet by storm with Twitter rumors that he was killed in a balloon accident (sparked by The Onion) and his new Web series for Big Think. Most recently, however, our favorite childhood TV scientist sparked a lively debate through his video blog, pitting science against creationism, and America, obviously, had something to say about it.
Just about everyone has wondered either to themselves or out loud if intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe. We're sure that very few of those people have actually asked themselves what they would ask them if they could speak our language.
The Bow Tie Club includes members as diverse as conservative commentator George Will and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. But our favorite member of "bow tie nation" is Bill Nye the Science Guy.