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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, …

Do you love insects? We do! In this issue, Dr Bryan Lessard explains how being an entomologist (studying insects) is like playing Pokémon. Then, identify any insect you might find around your home. You can also find out how a fungus can …

South Australian Museum

The bioregion of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea possesses a unique natural heritage stretching back over 80 million years since the break-up of the great southern continent of Gondwana. The South Australian Museum and …

LO Kolarik , AJ Priestley

This book is the outcome of the CSIRO/UNIDO workshop in wastewater treatment. The papers presented at the workshop and published in this book provide an insight into the characteristics and applicability of the various methods used to treat …

Riccardo Gucci , Claudio Cantini

Olive growing is expanding rapidly in many countries around the world in which olives have not previously been widely cultivated. Pruning olive trees is quite different from pruning other fruit trees of the temperate zone, because of their …

GR Walker , L Zhang

Each booklet in The Basics of Recharge and Discharge series covers a specific technique for detecting, measuring or modelling groundwater recharge and discharge. Part 10 provides an overview of the use of plot scale models in estimating …

These Model Codes of Practice are intended as a guide for people responsible for the welfare and husbandry of a range of animals. The Codes are kept under review to take account of advances in the understanding of animal physiology and …

This issue, we're taking a closer look at taking a closer look! See how scientific imaging is uncovering bird evolution as it happens. Hear how researchers are turning science into music to reveal hidden patterns. Then, check out how a dentist …

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, …

Jenny Gray

Well-run modern zoos and aquariums do important research and conservation work and teach visitors about the challenges of animals in the wild and the people striving to save them. They help visitors to consider their impact and think about …

Andrea Wild

Did dinosaurs get bitten by mosquitoes? Can honey bees become botanists? Why would anyone collect worm bums? And can we find DNA in the air? Wild Collections explores some of the fascinating, strange and unique stories behind …

Britta Denise Hardesty , Kathryn Willis , Justine Barrett , Chris Wilcox

Many informal organisations around the world are making a positive impact on the environment and their communities by turning waste into a resource, increasing the social capacity of their community and reducing the amount of pollution in …

Grant Brinkworth , Pennie Taylor

The CSIRO Low-carb Diet is based on strong scientific research that has successfully helped Australians lose weight and improve their overall health. Building on the success of the first …

Computers are everywhere in our modern world, so join us on a coding adventure! Unravel the secrets of internet giants as we try to understand the algorithm. Or come and discover the cutting-edge tech of quantum computers. If you're …

Carolyn J Hogg , Samantha Fox , David Pemberton , Katherine Belov

The Tasmanian devil is threatened by Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD), a transmissible form of cancer that has reduced the population by over 80%. Persecution, extreme climate events, vehicle collision and habitat destruction also put …

Thomas J Simonsen

The Hepialidae (Ghost Moths) are a family of often spectacular micro-moths. The Australian region is one of the hot spots for hepialid diversity and the fauna is divided into three groups: primitive Hepialidae with small, often overlooked …

Clifford B Frith

This book tells the fascinating success story of saving the flightless Woodhen of Lord Howe Island. This unique large rail, an iconic and highly endangered Australian bird, was at the very brink of extinction with just 15 individuals found …

Bernadette Hince

The world’s most isolated continent has spawned some of the most unusual words in the English language. In the space of a mere century, a remarkable vocabulary has evolved to deal with the extraordinary environment and living organisms …

Brian H Kay , Richard C Russell

In 1998, the Southern Saltmarsh Mosquito Aedes camptorhynchus (‘Campto’) was accidentally transported from Australia to Hawke’s Bay in New Zealand, from where it dispersed to another 10 localities mainly on the North Island. …