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.

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SMALL TOOL IS A BIG FIND

WRITING WITH BRAIN-LIKE NETWORKS

DON’T TRY TO MAKE GEORGE’S MARVELLOUS MEDICINE

ORB WEAVERS KNOW WHAT’S UP

MAMMALIAN MUSIC

A CHATBOT FOR FARMERS

DEVILS DOING BETTER

BY THE NUMBERS: LARGE LIFE

TURNING DISPOSABLE FACE MASKS INTO ROADS

MOLA COASTER

VOLCANIC MYSTERY SOLVED

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THE CLOUD • HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHERE MINECRAFT SERVERS ARE LOCATED? OR HOW THE VIDEO CALL WITH YOUR FAMILY WORKS? MINECRAFT SERVERS, VIDEO CALLS AND LOTS OF OTHER COMPUTER-BASED SERVICES RELY ON THE CLOUD. PERHAPS YOU’VE EVEN HEARD YOUR PARENTS OR TEACHERS SAY, “IT’S IN THE CLOUD”. BUT WHAT IS THIS CLOUD?

INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND AI HELP SAVE BABY TURTLES • IT’S LATE AT NIGHT. AN 80-KILOGRAM FEMALE FLATBACK TURTLE IS HAULING HERSELF UP TO THE SHORE. SHE’S ABOUT TO LAY HER EGGS IN BEACH SAND ON WESTERN CAPE YORK PENINSULA, FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND.

BIG BUGS

BIODIVERSITY AROUND THE WORLD • WE’RE TAKING A VIRTUAL TRIP AROUND PLANET EARTH TO TALK ABOUT BIODIVERSITY: THE AMAZING AND RICH VARIETY OF LIFE.

BIG CATS AND THEIR BIG PERSONALITIES

FACT FILE: LEOPARD

PUZZLES AND PROJECTS

WOW IN THE WORLD: THE HOW AND WOW OF THE HUMAN BODY

TIME-TRAVELLING SHED

A HOME AMONG THE ASTEROIDS • GREETINGS, EARTHLINGS! HNED bUELLER HERE, WITH YOUR PLANETARY POST NEWS UPDATE.

DNA FOR DOCTORS • Our DNA contains the instructions to make everything inside our bodies – from our bones to our brains and blood. Scientists now have tools to look at your entire genome (that is, all your DNA) and use that information to personalise any disease treatment you may need!

GI-ANTS • 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?

STATUES

GIANT CAMERA • MAKE A GIANT CAMERA AND TURN THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN ON YOUR WALL AT HOME!

DISCOVER THE NATURAL WORLD THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY • YOU CAN OPEN UP A WHOLE NEW WORLD JUST BY TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT NATURE. FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO TUNE IN AND TAKE SOME AMAZING NATURE PHOTOS.

SELF-WATERING PLANTS • INDOOR PLANTS CAN REALLY BRIGHTEN A ROOM, BUT YOU NEED TO KEEP THEM ALIVE! IF YOU’RE ALWAYS FORGETTING TO WATER YOUR PLANTS, THIS ACTIVITY IS FOR YOU.

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