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We’ve got some burning questions to keep your curiosity going. Let’s see how you go! If you’re after more fun science for kids, subscribe to Double Helix magazine!  

Here’s a simple game that can be very tricky to play well. Give it a go, then find out why it’s such a challenge.

Four mathematicians – Annie, Beth, Carol and Donna – have a fun tradition. Every Friday, they order a pizza. But before they can eat, they must each solve a puzzle.

As long as a thumb and with a six-centimetre wingspan, you’d think it would be hard to miss Wallace’s giant bee. Alfred Wallace – a biologist who, at the same time as Charles Darwin, also came up with the theory of evolution through natural selection – wrote about it way back in 1858. But since…

In this quiz we’re looking at animals and plants we’re in danger of losing, and how to protect them. Test your knowledge about endangered species!   Find the answers to many of these questions in the latest issue of Double Helix magazine. Purchase a copy from the CSIRO Publishing website.  

Here’s a classic activity with a showy twist. Surprise your friends by inverting a water bottle without spilling its contents!

Which two whole numbers – without any zeros – multiply together to make 1 000 000?

Imagine bacteria, clinging to a rock, floating deep in space. The rock was once blasted off its planet by a cataclysmic explosion. Hundreds of years in the future, the rock encounters a new planet, bringing these lonely bacteria with it. The question is, could the bacteria survive?

Written by Elvina Lee Scientists are on the lookout for answers, from the backyard to outer space! This week’s quiz involves a range of intriguing discoveries. How many of them have you heard of? If you’re after more fun science for kids, subscribe to Double Helix magazine!  

Maryam had been practising the times tables really hard, so she was on the alert for interesting patterns. On her dad’s birthday she noticed something special. “You’re four times older than me, Dad,” she exclaimed. Four years later, she was counting the candles on her Dad’s birthday cake when she realised something mathematical. “You’re three…