OYLA Australia

13/10/2026

$144/year =
12 issues + 12 workbooks

OYLA — your teen’s real-world science magazine!

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12/10/2026

Pollution isn’t just plastic in the ocean. It can be a ✈️ roaring over your head👇

🫵 What is noise pollution? Unwanted sound drowning out nature’s soundtrack: birdsong, rustling leaves, rain.

🫵 The usual suspects: traffic, planes, construction, loud music — even your fridge or AC.

🫵 What does it do to you?
Sudden noise triggers adrenaline. Loud sounds can damage hearing. Chronic noise can disrupt sleep, memory and blood pressure.

✈️ Jet engine: around 130 dB — painfully loud!

No wonder Sydney Airport has a night curfew from 11 pm to 6 am.

OYLA = real-world science for teens!
Give it a try!

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09/10/2026

06/10/2026

These are FALSE FRIENDS👇

Words that look the same in two languages but mean completely different things. And some of them have surprisingly weird backstories!

🎁 Gift = poison in German
It’s the same word as the English gift, and both come from an old Germanic word meaning “to give”. German’s version took a dark turn through old medicine. Fun twist: poison and potion are related too!

🛏️ Camera = room in Italian
It comes from the Greek word for an arched roof. The camera obscura was a dark room that eventually shrank into a box you could carry — so the camera in your pocket is basically a tiny dark room. Even chamber has the same origin!

🍞 Pain = bread in French
It comes from Latin panis, which left crumbs all over English: a pantry was a bread room, and a companion is literally someone you share bread with!

Discuss these with your kids and tell us — which one surprised you most?👇

Find more word mysteries in the October OYLA Junior issue — link in bio

04/10/2026

Desperate parent story👇

Two years ago, the school holidays hit and I was desperately juggling activities, sport, screens, boredom… and my own sanity.

That’s when I discovered OYLA!
I got a free PDF, loved it from the start and subscribed.

My kiddos were sceptical about a printed science magazine, but we took it everywhere during the holidays. I initiated the reading, one topic led to another… and soon they were hooked. So was I!

And that’s exactly why I still love OYLA: a little curiosity-in-your-bag backup for parents during school holidays, and every day!

Get free PDF! Try it yourself! Link in bio

30/09/2026

Art covered the OYLA way👇

✅ Historical insights that help kids see art in its time
💭 Philosophy that makes them wonder why we create and how we see the world
✅ The lives and work of writers and artists — because a biography can sometimes be as fascinating as the work itself
💭 Connections between art, science, history and the people who shaped them

And yes — it definitely makes you want to create something yourself! 🎨

SUBSCRIBE. Link in bio

28/09/2026

RED CABBAGE pH INDICATOR👇

Your cabbage isn’t just dinner. It’s a science kit!

You’ll need:
✅ ¼ red cabbage
✅ water
✅ 2 pots
✅ white paper
✅ coffee filter
✅ scissors

Let’s make it:
1️⃣ Simmer chopped cabbage in water until it turns deep purple.
2️⃣ Strain and cool. Cut the paper into strips.
3️⃣ Soak the strips for 15–20 min, then dry them in the dark.
4️⃣ Test with lemon juice, vinegar and baking soda — and watch the colours change!

What’s happening?
Red cabbage contains anthocyanins — pigments that change colour depending on pH.
🩷 Pink/red = acidic
💙 Blue/green = basic

Want instant science?
Skip the strips: drop some cabbage extract straight into vinegar or lemon juice and watch it turn hot pink 💗

Then grab some baking soda, add it to the vinegar… and voilà: the kids’ favourite VOLCANO 🌋

Science you can literally cook! Link in bio

25/09/2026

“I have 3 snails and a slug as pets. Their names are Sharon, Ben, Ningkampoop and Sluggie. They eat loads and are my inspiration for this comic. This comic is the conversation between Sharon and Sluggie. Hope you enjoy it!

I drew this all by myself and will be so happy if you publish this in my favourite Oyla magazine. Thank you!”

— Anna, 8 years old — an amazing young science communicator and dear OYLA reader 💜

This will be published in Curio section of Junior along with other works of our young readers🙌

24/09/2026

Huge thank you to Prof. Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson for reminding us of the great basics at Careers 2040: STEM careers reimagined at UNSW !

As a philosopher and computer scientist focused on logic, information and AI ethics, he brought a brilliant perspective to the conversation.

At OYLA, we feel the same! Thanks once again for articulating it so beautifully.

And don’t forget to subscribe to OYLA!