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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ON THE DOUBLE

THE 300-MILLION-YEAR-OLD POO

QUASAR GAZER

LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE GIRLS!

SHARING ABORIGINAL SKY AND STARS WITH THE WORLD

BIG TELESCOPE UNDERWAY!

SHARK OUT OF WATER

BY THE NUMBERS: THE ICECUBE

MOSQUITOES SMELL?!

DOLPHINS’ SKIN CLINIC

NATURE’S NIGHTLIGHTS

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VIRAL SCIENCE • Congratulations to Year 9 student Olivia Campbell for winning the 2022 UNSW Bragg Student Prize for Science Writing.

IS OUR UNIVERSE THE ONLY ONE? • Throughout fiction, stories of other universes abound. Fortnite’s omniverse connects infinite realities thanks to an orb of power. In Marvel’s multiverse, Doctor Strange and Spiderman can open portals to different dimensions. But what about our own universe? Are we just one reality of many?

THE MILKY WAY A GUIDE TO YOUR GALAXY • TOUR THE MILKY WAY! FREE TO VIEW AT YOUR NEAREST DARK SKY LOCATION.

THE GALAXY’S MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION • For decades, astronomers have been puzzled by ginormous explosions at the centre of our galaxy. Bubbles produced by the explosions span 50,000 light years above and below the Milky Way. But what cosmic breath is inflating them?

ENGINEERING BETTER BUILDS

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THE ULTIMATE PET HANDBOOK

BRICKMAN’S BIG BOOK OF BETTER BUILDS

TIME-TRAVELLING SHED

GREAT GALAXIES • GREETINGS! GAIL LEXY HERE, REPORTING ON A SPACE TELESCOPE THAT’S OUT OF THIS WORLD.

THE FUTURE OF FABRIC • For thousands of years, people have turned fibres such as linen and silk into fabrics. But new technology can make them even better, by adding new features!

BEACH FOR THE STARS

WHAT’S YOUR QUESTION?

THE GALAXIES, LIKE STARS

MAKE IT

UP ABOVE THE WORLD SO BRIGHT • WHEN YOU LOOK CLOSELY, STARS CAN HARDLY BE DESCRIBED AS IDENTICAL TO EACH OTHER. THEY VARY IN SIZE, BRIGHTNESS AND COLOUR. WHAT CAN TORCHES REVEAL ABOUT THE STARS BLAZING LIGHT YEARS AWAY FROM US?

SMOKEY RINGS • ONE OF THE PLANETS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM CONCEALED A SECRET FOR ALMOST 2 CENTURIES. IN THIS ACTIVITY, WE WILL SEE HOW.

GALAXY WORD SEARCH

COSMIC CROSSWORD

PUZZLES

PRIZES