Double Helix

Looking for seriously fun science, technology, engineering, and maths news for your curious kids or tech-talented teens? We've got you covered! Inside every issue you'll find articles, activities, puzzles, comics, and prizes galore. Perfect reading for enquiring minds, CSIRO's Double Helix magazine is packed with news, features, fun experiments, giveaways and more. Each issue focuses on a different theme, from smells to spaceships and beyond! With clear language and eye-catching design, the content promotes critical thinking, strengthens literacy skills and is the perfect fuel to spark or sustain an interest in STEM. Double Helix is published eight times a year. It is ideal for 8 to 13-year-olds and enjoyed by older readers as well.

Double Helix

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ON THE DOUBLE

BEWARE: FATBERGS ARE GROWING

ANIMAL SUPER DETECTORS?

SIZE SURPRISE

ORANGUTAN'S HEALING TOUCH

FIN-TASTIC TOOL USERS

A WOMBAT WELCOME

UNCOVERING AN ANCIENT GLOW

BY THE NUMBERS: MOVERS AND RAKERS

SURTSEY: THE ISLAND THAT ERUPTED FROM THE SEA

DOG FINDS RARE FUNGI

SUBSCRIBE

MEET 'JUST MEAT'

SOLAR ENERGY IS ON A ROLL!

NEW EARLY WARNING EYES

BEAK-A-BOO!

SEARCHING DNA FOR STORIES

WHEN THE EARTH MOVES

THE HIDDEN MYTHS OF POMPEII

A SPARK OF BRILLIANCE

POSTER

Ultra Violet: Down to business

Merge cube

TIME-TRAVELLING SHED

FIRE IN SPACE • FIRE GETS FREAKY IN SPACE, EARTHLINGS. GAIL LEXY HERE, WITH THE LOW DOWN ON FLAMES THAT DON’T FLICKER.

AVOIDING ASTEROIDS • It’s what ended the age of the dinosaurs. A huge asteroid hitting Earth would be truly catastrophic. But scientists are working on a solution to this threat.

A BOLT OF INSPIRATION • SOMETIMES THE BEST WAY TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT IS TO GRAB A SCRAP OF PAPER AND DO A QUICK CALCULATION. SCIENTISTS CALL THESE ’BACK OF THE ENVELOPE’ CALCULATIONS. GET YOUR ENVELOPE READY!

WHAT’S YOUR QUESTION?

THE INSURANCE POLICY

FLOATING IMAGES • HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO BRING YOUR PICTURES TO LIFE? HERE’S A NEAT TRICK TO MAKE A DRAWING FLOAT AWAY – LITERALLY!

JELLY EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING • CAN YOU BUILD AN EARTHQUAKE-PROOF TOWER? BETWEEN JELLY AND MARSHMALLOWS, WE THINK YOU’LL COME UP WITH A SWEET, SWEET SOLUTION.

ASTEROID BROWNIES • ASTEROIDS ARE ROCKY BODIES FROM OUTER SPACE. TRY THIS ACTIVITY TO FIND OUT WHAT ASTEROIDS AND BROWNIES HAVE IN COMMON.

MAKE IT COMIC

WHAT TO DO, WHAT TO DO!

PUZZLES

PRIZES