Bill Nye Will Now Teach You Science Through Emoji

If you want to inspire young people, you have to talk to them on their own terms. Sometimes that means Twitter hashtags. Sometimes that means teaching science … with emoji.Bill Nye, the once and forever Science Guy, has teamed with General Electric on the initiative, which ambitiously (and sometimes confusingly) seeks to teach scientific principles in the ubiquitous illustrated smartphone characters. To really get through to the youths, GE is putting it all up on a Tumblr.There aren’t a lot of lessons yet, just this: holograms. View full post on YoutubeOh, also somehow this factors into the science lessons:Media Platforms Design TeamThat pickle is brought to you by General Electric, the National Science Foundation, and Bill Nye’s bowtie. Whether or not the scheme pays off remains to be seen. There’s a paltry number of notes on the Tumblr now, but with Bill Nye behind it, surely it can pick up some steam.Source: FusionJohn WenzWriterJohn Wenz is a Popular Mechanics writer and space obsessive based in Philadelphia. He tweets @johnwenz.