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

FUZZ-FAST NUMBERS!

QUICK DIP OF PAPER REVEALS OCEAN DIVERSITY

SMALLEST REPTILE FACES BIG PROBLEM

TO SAVE WILDLIFE, PLAY WITH YOUR KITTY

FAKE NEWS HELPS BIRDS

THE THEATRICAL HOGNOSE SNAKE

GOOD VIBRATIONS: BIRD BEAK ORGAN MAY COME FROM DINOSAURS

BY THE NUMBERS: FAKING IT

WHY BRAZIL NUTS ALWAYS COME OUT ON TOP

DISCOVER THE BRAZIL NUT EFFECT

MARS MEDICINE

BODY REGENERATION: SEA SQUIRT SUPERPOWER

MOSQUITOES WITH A TASTE FOR WORMS

TREES THAT BLEED METAL

CATS SIT IN IMAGINARY BOXES

THE LIVING DEAD • ARE THESE ANIMALS ZOMBIES? IS IT HALLOWEEN? NO, AND NO AGAIN. WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF CREATURES THAT FAKE DEATH TO ESCAPE ATTACKERS!

SPIDER ANTICS • Some spiders look so much like ants that even museum curators have been fooled, placing spiders into insect collections all around the world. Oops! So what makes ant-mimicking spiders so convincing?

SPOT THE FAKE • HOW MIGHT A CRIMINAL WHO IS A DAB HAND AT COPYING MAKE SOME QUICK CASH? BY FORGERY, OF COURSE! BUT EVEN THE BEST FORGERS CAN BE THWARTED BY SCIENCE.

THE ART OF FORGERY • FORGING MONEY ISN’T THE ONLY WAY TO RICHES (AND JAIL)! CRIMINALS ALSO PRODUCE PAINTINGS IN THE STYLE OF A FAMOUS ARTIST, THEN SIGN AND SELL THEM AS IF THEY WERE GENUINE. THE FORGERIES CAN BE VERY CONVINCING. ART CONSERVATORS AND SCIENTISTS NEED TO EXAMINE MANY FACTORS TO FIND IF A WORK IS FOR REAL, OR A FAKE.

POSTER

AMAZED! CSIRO’S A TO Z OF BIODIVERSITY

SAMUEL’S GUIDE TO WWW.NASA.GOV

EARTH MATTERS: LOVING OUR PLANET

DRAGONFLY: A HELICOPTER FOR TITAN • GREETINGS, EARTHLINGS! NED BUELLER HERE, WITH YOUR PLANETARY POST NEWS UPDATE.

FAKING LEATHER • Leather jackets are cool, leather seats are luxurious and leather shoes can be super shiny. But many people, including vegetarians and vegans, would like a better alternative.

JUST IMAGINE

THE POWER OF STREAMING • 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?

ONLY HUMAN

TIME-TRAVELLING SHED

SWEET SPIRALS

MATH-MAGIC CARD TRICK

MAKE IT COMIC

PUZZLES

PRIZES

ANSWERS