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.

ON THE COVER

Double Helix

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ON THE DOUBLE

ALIENS ORBITING JUPITER?

THE WORLD’S OLDEST CHEESE

AVOIDING PAPERCUTS

IS PURPLE THE NEW GREEN?

MARTIAN LIFE ON ICE

SPIDERS ON MARS

MEET THE MICROBE: SALLY THE ART ALLY

WHY BUILD A PLESIOSAUR ROBOT?

NO SMELL LIKE HOME

PROTECTING YOUR SKIN WITH INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE

COYOTES HAVE ‘PUPPY EYES’ TOO

SUBSCRIBE

SOLAR-POWERED PET FOOD

FOSSIL SPITFIRES

DID NEANDERTHALS COLLECT FOSSILS?

BY THE NUMBERS: GREEN DONUTS

Possum Dreaming • Elders from Laramba Aboriginal Community and the Australian Wildlife Conservancy celebrate the return of brushtail possums to Central Australia.

CATS THE PURRFECT ALIENS

CLOUD DWELLERS

DOING SETI SCIENCE • Meet three Earthling scientists who are involved in SETI – the ‘Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence’. Each of them does SETI science differently.

POSTER

Freddie Spector, Fact Collector

The Cosmic Diary of a Future Space Explorer

Jack & Joni’s Time-Travelling Shed

IS THERE LIFE ON EARTH? • HELLO HUMANS, GAIL LEXY REPORTING. IF ALIEN ASTRONOMERS SPOTTED YOUR PLANET THROUGH THEIR SPACE TELESCOPE, WOULD THEY GUESS THERE’S LIFE ON EARTH?

SPOTTING PLANETS • The night sky is filled with stars, but it’s much harder to spot planets. Luckily, scientists have some cool telescopes to help with the search!

To Alpha Centauri and beyond

WHAT’S YOUR QUESTION?

ALIEN MINDS

GROW AN ALIEN BLOB

ORIGAMI UFO

GROWING WITHOUT SOIL

MAKE IT

MARTIAN MIX-UP!

PUZZLES

PRIZES

ANSWERS