The Helix was a bi-monthly teen science magazine[1] published by CSIRO Publishing, as the young-adult bi-monthly magazine of the Double Helix Science Club.[2] The magazine was established in 1986 as the newsletter for the science club. Soon afterwards, it grew into a magazine in its own right. In 1999, a spin-off science magazine for younger readers, called Scientriffic, was created.

The Helix
Cover of the December 2012 issue
EditorJasmine Fellows
CategoriesPopular science
FrequencyBi-monthly
Founded1986
CompanyCSIRO Publishing
CountryAustralia
Based inCanberra
LanguageAustralian English
Websitewww.csiro.au/thehelix
ISSN1033-3096
OCLC173357248

The magazine was usually 40 pages long and trimmed to quarto paper size. It typically contained articles about science and mathematics of interest to teens.

The magazine was relaunched in July 2015 as Double Helix, combining both Scientriffic and The Helix into one magazine, starting from Issue 1, with 8 issues per year.[3]

Editors

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The final editor-in-chief was Sarah Kellett. Previous editors have included Ross Kingsland, Darren Osborne, Simon Torok, Kath Kovac, Tanya Patrick, Gabrielle Tramby, Maaroof Fakhri and Jasmine Fellows.

References

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  1. ^ Brenda Haugen (2007). Teens in Australia. Capstone. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-7565-2441-8.
  2. ^ The Helix Issue 162, June–July 2015
  3. ^ "Double Helix changes". csiro.au.
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