Forest ecologist helps refashion Barbie dolls as scientists
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-After her daughter asked for a Barbie, University of Utah forest ecologist Nalini Nadkarni decided to re-fashion the iconic dolls as a scientist-explorer in rubber boots rather than high heels. Nadkarni said Barbie-maker Mattel wasn’t interested in the idea then, so she decided to redo dolls herself. Last year, Mattel began […]
