Double Helix Issue 58
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Check out amazing collections in nature and science, and get tips for starting your own collection!
This issue is all about collections! CSIRO maintains some of Australia’s most important collections. Come take tour and meet some amazing scientists and special specimens. You can learn more about our deadly virus collection, or make your own seaweed collection, just like ours. Or if weather is more your thing, join us as we explore Australia’s many seasons. + Full description
Learn how to dry and press flowers for your own collection, and meet some curious animals and work out who’s better at collecting – birds or crabs? We explore the tricky work of saving old video games so that people can still play them. And for a different type of preservation, we take a peek at how to survive on Mars.
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Magazine | September 2022 | $ 9.99ISBN: DH08/58 | 40 pages | 297 x 210 mm
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Colour illustrations, Colour photographs
Contents
FeaturesHOW TO SURVIVE ON MARS – Take a journey to the Red Planet in this excerpt from How to Survive on Mars.
COMPARE THE COLLECTORS – Some animals are collectors too! We compare bowerbirds and decorator crabs head-to-head.
MEET CSIRO’S COLLECTORS – Meet some CSIRO scientists and find out about the specimens they study!
MANY LANDS, MANY SEASONS – There’s more to the seasons than just summer, autumn, winter and spring. Across Australia there are many lands, and each has its own set of seasons.
Regulars
Snippets
Poster
Reviews
Planetary Post
Tech Timelines
Back of the Envelope
Microscope
Fiction
Time-travelling Shed
Activities
Seaweed Pressing at the Beach
Make It Comic
Crossword
Spectacular Seeds
A Collection of Creatures
Puzzles
Competitions
Could You Survive?
Hidden Teasure
Dino Dig
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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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