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Bill Nye informing and entertaining a packed crowd of UMSL students, faculty and staff at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center. (Photos by Tyler James)

In front of a sold-out crowd of almost 1,600, Bill Nye the “Science Guy” dared to say it Thursday night at the ɬ�﷬��������ַ–St. Louis: “Climate change is real.”

Those controversial words, along with his support of space exploration, have set him on the road to preach science and inspire advocacy for the two research areas.