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Thomas Newsome , Alan Newsome

The red kangaroo is at the heart of Australia's ecological identity. It is Australia's largest terrestrial land mammal, the largest extant marsupial, and the only kangaroo truly restricted to Australia's arid interior. Almost nothing was …

Darryl Jones , Ann Goth

Mound-builders are unique in being the only birds that do not incubate their eggs using body heat; rather, a variety of naturally occurring sources of heat is exploited such as solar energy and the heat generated by decomposing organic matter. …

Join us as we gaze at the stars! This issue, we’re seeing into space with different eyes. Find out what the sky would look like if you had superpowers. We peer into our galaxy’s past as Kirsten Banks explains galactic archaeology. Plus, …

Michael Pearson , Jane Lennon

Pastoral Australia tells the story of the expansion of Australia's pastoral industry, how it drove European settlement and involved Aboriginal people in the new settler society. The rural life that once saw Australia 'ride …

Marcia Lambert , John Turner

This book provides the information that will allow users to recover salt-degraded land with selected plantation timbers and ultimately to make a profit. The authors have drawn on their own experiences plus material from Australia, …

Graeme Hopkins , Christine Goodwin

Extensively illustrated with photographs and drawings, Living Architecture highlights the most exciting green roof and living wall projects in Australia and New Zealand within an international context. Cities around the world …

This issue we’re testing the boundaries between magic and reality. We’ve got tricks to perform, a vanishing-person illusion to explore and a fidget toy to make. For a bit of fun, you can use a scientific tool to identify mythical creatures. …

This issue, we’ve got a tasty treat for you! We’re focusing on the future of food, which might involve eating insects, interesting additives or robot farming. You can also make your own delicious yoghurt and create a sugar rainbow in a glass. Plus, …

In this issue of Double Helix, we sort fact from fiction. Find out if your favourite super powers are plausible or preposterous, and then see if it’s possible to build a whole car out of LEGO pieces. And if you’re ready to think big …

Richard Thomas , Sarah Thomas , David Andrew , Alan McBride

First published in 1994, The Complete Guide to Finding the Birds of Australia was the first ever book of its type in Australia – a complete guide to locating every resident bird species in Australia, plus supplementary information …

Time for an explosive new issue of Double Helix! We’ve seen it in the movies; now find out what really happens during explosions in space. Discover the secrets of fireworks, and what gives them their colours. Plus we’ve wracked our …

Packed with fun, exciting and quality articles, Double Helix promotes critical thinking and strengthens literacy skills while sparking an interest in science, technology, engineering and maths. In issue four you will get …

This issue, we’re celebrating the International Year of Glass! We’ve got plenty of breakthroughs in glass recycling and ‘unbreakable’ glass to report on. And innovation is important – Earth may be running out of sand. If that makes you want …

Are you ready to travel through time? Explore ancient oceans in an underwater Jurassic Park. Or learn the secrets of the oldest living things as we investigate how to live forever. And we uncover some ancient fossils lurking inside your …

We’ve polished this issue until it sparkles – welcome to the gemstones edition of Double Helix! Check out our gemstone poster and work out which is your favourite. Plus, we have a guide to help you find your own gemstones, …

Packed with fun, exciting and quality articles, Double Helix promotes critical thinking and strengthens literacy skills while sparking an interest in science, technology, engineering and maths. This issue celebrates CSIRO's …

Jenny Jacoby , Vicky Barker

Do you know your Algorithms from your Brownian motion? How about your Coprolites? Discover these words and more in this illustrated STEM encyclopedia. Organised in alphabetical order and each term beautifully …

Double Helix just finished ten trips around the Sun! Being our last issue and being exactly ten years old are both reasons to look back on what we’ve done. Meet the spacecraft taking a ten-year journey to the Sun. Meanwhile, …

Heather Catchpole , Nicola O’Brien

Are you ready to learn about real technology and make it yourself? Ready, Set, Code! explains how cutting-edge digital technology works and its surprising uses now and in the future. Filled with interesting examples, each chapter …

Sarah S Holdsworth , Tricia T Caswell

Protecting the Future showcases tangible examples of the practical implementation of global sustainability and the triple bottom-line plus one (comprising environmental, social and cultural economic and governance dimensions) in the …