The young woman who appeared in the segment explaining sex chromosomes couldn’t be located, and so the scene was pulled.
Though claims surfacing that Netflix and Bill Nye the Science Guy had censored old episodes sent right-wing critics foaming at the mouth, the truth of the situation is, in fact, very different.
The 20-year-old series Bill Nye the Science Guy is now streaming on Netflix, alongside his new show Bill Nye Saves the World, with controversy being sparked by one viewer’s observation that a segment in which a young woman explains sex chromosomes, and how they lead to whether a person biologically becomes male or female, had been edited out.
Though it wouldn’t be an irrational decision if Netflix chose to update the show so that young viewers wouldn’t be left with out-of-date and incorrect information, Indiewire reveals that’s not what happened here.