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

PRESERVED POLLEN POKES AT PLAGUE’S POWER

SKELETON STARS

SNAPPED!

HOPE FOR ENDANGERED STINKY FLOWER

VIRUS COLLECTION

SPARKLING WATER

CROCODILE VS DINOSAUR

BY THE NUMBERS: COLLECTIONS

SPACE TREASURE!

TEAM LEECH!

NEW GLOVES TRAIN SURGEONS

SUBSCRIBE

HOW TO SURVIVE ON MARS

COMPARE THE COLLECTORS • BOWERBIRDS & DECORATOR CRABS

MEET CSIRO’S COLLECTORS! • From animals to algae and even air, CSIRO has many scientific collections. We keep millions of specimens safe and ready for research. Let’s meet some scientists and find out about the specimens they study!

MANY LANDS, MANY SEASONS • YOU MAY KNOW SUMMER, AUTUMN, WINTER, AND SPRING, BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE HAVE THEIR OWN SEASONAL CALENDARS?

POSTER

A-Z OF STEM WORDS

ANIMAL MIGRATIONS: FLYING, WALKING, SWIMMING

THE COMPACT AUSTRALIAN BIRD GUIDE

THE DEEP

REDIRECTING A SPACE ROCK • GREETINGS EARTHLINGS. GAIL LEXY HERE, CHATTING ABOUT NASA’S DOUBLE ASTEROID REDIRECTION TEST (DART) MISSION.

SAVING VIDEO GAMES • Do you have an old video game from your childhood that you can’t play anymore? With software and hardware updates, your old favourite games might disappear! Is there a way to protect them?

A WEIGHTY MATTER • 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?

COLLECTABLES

TIME-TRAVELLING SHED

SEAWEED PRESSING AT THE BEACH

MAKE IT COMIC

COLLECTIONS

SPECTACULAR SEEDS

A COLLECTION OF CREATURES

PUZZLES

PRIZES

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