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

BRIGHT NEW IDEA SHOWS FOOD SPOILAGE

FROG FOAM MEDICINE

PASTA SHAPES REDUCE PLASTIC

DOGS SNIFF OUT FIBS

COLOUR-BLIND CANINES

ELEVATORS AND THEIR QUEUING PROBLEMS

FROM SPACE TO SCHOOLS, WHAT’LL HAPPEN TO THE WATTLE?

BY THE NUMBERS: SCANNING AND IMAGING

FEARSOME FOSSIL FIND!

SOLAR-POWERED SOLUTION TO SAVE KOALAS

SQUIDS IN SPACE

EVERYDAY PARTICLE ACCELERATORS

A closer look at seagrass • Meet Kyah Chewying. She’s a cadet at CSIRO, and her work is shining a light on seagrass – a hero of our oceans!

EXPLORING NATURE IN 3D • ALL LIFE ON EARTH HAS BEEN SHAPED BY EVOLUTION. OVER MILLIONSOF YEARS, SMALL CHANGES ADD UP AND CREATE NEW SPECIES. EVOLUTION IS SLOW, SO UNTIL RECENTLY, IT’S BEEN HARD TO MEASURE. BUT NEW 3D-SCANNING AND MODELLING TECHNOLOGY ISREVEALING LIFE’S CHANGES – AND IT HAS PLENTY OF OTHER BENEFITS!

SCANNING A SMILE • OPEN WIDE. ABRACADABRA! TO SCAN YOUR SMILE, YOUR ORTHODONTIST IS ABOUT TO WAVE THEIR WAND-LIKE, INTRA-ORAL SCANNER OVER YOUR GUMS AND TEETH.

THE SOUNDS OF SCIENCE • MUSIC IS THE ART OF SOUND. MELODIES AND RHYTHMS CAN COME FROM SURPRISING PLACES – OUT IN THE COSMOS, OR WITHIN THE ANIMAL AND PLANT WORLD. MUSIC CAN EVEN BE FOUND IN VIRUSES!

POSTER

OUT OF OUR DEPTHS

POWER UP!

CODE COMBAT • CODECOMBAT.COM

TIME-TRAVELLING SHED

SUPER SPACE SCOPE • HELLO, HUMANS! I’M GAIL LEXY, YOUR NEW PLANETARY POST REPORTER. I’VE TAKEN OVER FROM NED BUELLER, WHO’S ENJOYING A RESTFUL RETIREMENT. “FAREWELL AND KEEP STARGAZING!” SAYS NED.

EXPLORING MEDICAL IMAGES • Medical scanners keep getting better and better. But what are the future possibilities for these images, including X-rays, CT (computed tomography) scans and MRIs (magnetic resonance imaging)?

X-RATED

WHAT’S YOUR QUESTION?

SCANNING FOR CLUES

MAGNETIC CODE • FROM BANK CARDS TO LIBRARY CARDS, WE SWIPE LOTS OF CARDS THAT HOLD HANDY INFORMATION. IN THIS ACTIVITY YOU CAN USE MAGNETIC PARTICLES TO REVEAL A CODE HIDDEN IN THE STRIP FOUND ON THE BACK OF A CARD

FAKE X-RAY SPECS!

IN A WORLD OF MAGIC, CAN SCIENCE SAVE THE DAY? • IF YOU LIKE SCIENCE, CAN YOU ALSO LIKE MAGIC? IF YOU LOVE MAGIC, CAN YOU ALSO LIKE MATHS? DO YOU EVER FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO BE JUST ONE KIND OF KID? WEDNESDAY WEEKS DOES.

MAKE IT

PUZZLES

PRIZES