Double Helix Issue 57
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Learn about glass recycling, make some fake stained-glass, and create a glass musical instrument!
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 to escape, check out the latest in virtual reality tech, or get out of this world with archaeology on the International Space Station. + Full description
If you’re in the mood to get hands-on, we’ve got plenty for you to do. Reuse some plastic to make incredible shrinking pictures, or create a musical instrument from a glass. Plus we have 2 different ways to make fake stained-glass, and one of them is very tasty indeed!
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Magazine | July 2022 | $ 9.99ISBN: DH08/57 | 40 pages | 297 x 210 mm
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Colour illustrations, Colour photographs
Contents
FeaturesBRINGING BACK THE OYSTER REEFS – Australia has lost most of its oyster reefs, but Traditional Owners haven’t lost the knowledge of how to care for them.
TECHNOLOGY IN ACTION: OUR GLASS FUTURE – Researchers are finding new ways to recycle glass into useful and beautiful new products.
OUR INCREDIBLE RELIANCE ON SAND – Surprisingly, the world is starting to run out of sand.
‘UNBREAKABLE’ SMARTPHONE SCREENS – An innovation for ‘unbreakable’ glass screens was inspired by a chocolate chip cookie.
GLASS MODELS OF MARINE MARVELS – How did museums display sea creatures 150 years ago? By making models from glass!
Regulars
Snippets
Time-travelling Shed
Poster
Reviews
Planetary Post
Tech Timelines
Back of the Envelope
Microscope
Fiction
Activities
Shrinking Plastic
Fake Stained-glass
Stained-glass Biscuits
Make It Comic
Puzzles
Competitions
Eye Opener!
Treasure Hunt Adventure
Rainbows in Your Room
Authors
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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