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Genes & DNA - January 2009 Price: £5   
Genes & DNA - January 2009 You hear about DNA on the news and in crime stories all the time, but what is it and why is it so important? Make some unique little fingerprint people with Polly Chrome.
Find out about the Scottish national poet, Robbie Burns who was born 250 years ago, and visit some very lucky chimps at Edinburgh Zoo.
Harvey finds out about scientist Johannes Kepler, who made such amazing discoveries that even Galileo pinched some of his ideas! In Just Think, Philip and Phoebe discuss if 'teleporting' is actually possible.
Give your brain a New Year's work out with Brainfeeder, enjoy some jokes, competitions and readers' letters, and find out if Ian managed to magic himself back to the AQUILA office!
  

The Arctic Circle - February 2009 Price: £5   
The Arctic Circle - February 2009 This month AQUILA visits the Arctic Circle, where the shimmering lights of the aurora borealis illuminate the winter skies. Where is the Arctic Circle, and who lives there? Follow the first Arctic explorers who risked, and sometimes lost, their lives looking for the sea passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. In Science scene some lucky school children are studying polar bears up really close and Polly Chrome makes an Arctic snowstorm! Wordworm looks at the Chinese New Year and EB finds out what it is like to live with hearing loss. 
Enter a competition to win Bill Bryson’s excellent book ‘A Really Short History of Nearly Everything’ or win a Yoga Planet DVD. Plus all your regular favourites, pen friends, jokes and letters.
  

Shapes - March 2009 Price: £5   
Shapes - March 2009 This month AQUILA looks at shapes in nature and in geometry. Explore tessellations, discover the Golden Ratio and make an ancient Chinese tangram game with Polly Chrome.
Is Dr Who a shape shifter? You can find out about the myths and legends that inspire fantasy and science fiction writers, and write your own story, too.
Are you seeing stars? Astra shows how light pollution from the Earth is making it harder for us to see into space, and you can also find out about the Kumari – the Living Goddess of Nepal.
Win a signed copy of The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas, and enjoy all your favourites in this month’s magazine: jokes, letters, puzzles and reviews.