I am no longer the Humanist of the Year, but have been officially succeeded by the eminent Bill Nye the Science Guy. Hemant has Nye's acceptance speech — I don't feel sad at all given the distinguished company I'm in.
It's a good talk, discussing how we need good stories to communicate science. And Nye talks the talk and walks the walk!
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