Double Helix Issue 55
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3... 2... 1... Blast off! Learn about space careers, future spaceship engines, and make a sundial!
Escape Earth with the latest issue of Double Helix! Learn what you'll need to do to become an astronaut. Check out space weather predictions that will keep us safe, and the engines that might power your spaceship to Mars and beyond. And back on Earth, we talk LEGO® with Ryan 'Brickman' McNaught. + Full description
Then it's time to get hands-on. Learn why spacecraft get hot returning to Earth and build a bottle-powered cone rocket. You can make a star with a toothpick trick or try a colour-changing reaction with rocket fuels. And if all that makes you lose track of time, make your own sundial!
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Publication date: 15 April 2022.
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Magazine | April 2022 | $ 9.99ISBN: DH07/55 | 40 pages | 297 x 210 mm
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Colour illustrations, Colour photographs
Contents
FeaturesCREATIVE TRICKS WITH LEGO® BRICKS – We interview Ryan ‘Brickman’ McNaught and discover that creativity and making mistakes is the key to great building
WAKING A SLEEPING LANGUAGE – Noongar speakers are going out into the bush to walk, talk and wake up their sleeping language
WANT A CAREER IN SPACE? – Have you ever dreamed of becoming an astronaut? Kim Ellis Hayes has some tips to help you on your way
PREDICTING SPACE WEATHER – Solar flares are bad news for electronics. Good thing we’re improving our space weather forecasts!
CLOSING IN ON FAST RADIO BURSTS – CSIRO astrophysicists are studying FRBs – bright fl ashes of radio waves coming from distant galaxies
CHARGING TOWARDS THE STARS – On Earth, we have electric cars. But how would you make an electric spaceship engine?
Regulars
Snippets
Poster
Reviews
Time-travelling Shed
Planetary Post
Tech Timelines
Back of the Envelope
Microscope
Fiction
Activities
Squashed Air
Soft-drink Sundial
Cone Rocket
Make It Comic
Puzzles
Competitions
Blast Off!
Rocket Scientist
The Bricktionary
Have Your Say and Win!
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The Double Helix team is part of CSIRO Publishing and has a long-standing reputation for delivering expertly written, fascinating and fun science material for young people, with an aim to foster an interest in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).
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