When a feisty weka strutted through a camp ground near the rugged Tasman Sea in early March, its snow-white plumage stood out from the usual brown-feathered crowd. Experts weighed in, ruling out albinism; it was more likely another hereditary colour mutation. But in a world where blending into the background is a survival skill, why […]
Read MoreFrom London to Aotearoa: How Science in a Van began
Science lives in the everyday — yet sometimes it gets delivered by folks in yellow t-shirts, knee-high socks and big grins who emerge from a van crammed with unexpected objects. Since 2011, the founders of Science in a Van, Emily and Alan Worman, have made over 1,500 visits to schools, early childhood centres, museums, libraries […]
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