Bill Nye says that his wife coauthored a paper with his arch nemesis, Dr. Rodney McKay. This refers to Nye's guest appearance on Stargate: Atlantis (2004) episode, Brain Storm (2008), where McKay accuses Nye of stealing his ideas.
The first words spoken by Bill Nye the Science Guy are "Do or do not. There is no try." He is quoting Yoda's admonition to Luke Skywalker