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Carl Smith

Carl Smith

Science Journalist at ABC Science Online

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Australia
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  • English
Covering topics
  • Demographics
  • Environment
  • Health & Medicine
  • Science
  • Technology

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Recent Articles

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The remote Micronesian atoll reawakening traditional management, aided by scientists

For thousands of years, the people of Ulithi atoll have managed their reef atoll ecosystem, but as the outside world has pushed in, their way of life and traditions have been thrown off-kilter. Now, in a unique collaboration with scientists, the people of Ulithi are fighting back.
about 2 months ago
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This tiny island in Micronesia is attempting a world-first eradicat...

On an isolated island in the Federated States of Micronesia, community and invited scientists are attempting a monitor lizard eradication program to protect nesting turtles.
2 months ago
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Strange Frontiers 10 | The world’s largest underground laboratory h...

From deep within a mountain in Italy, scientists hope increasingly sophisticated experiments are closing in on the hidden matter of the universe.
6 months ago
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Inside the Pacific's CePaCT plant gene bank, a last line of defence...

Inside the Pacific’s gene bank, thousands of crop varieties are propagated, to prepare for the spread of new agricultural diseases and the impact of a changing climate. Some seedlings are the last of their kind.
about 1 year ago
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This Fijian Island was the backdrop for a Hollywood blockbuster. It...

The Fiji crested iguana — also known as Vokai — is one of the country’s most treasured species. You can see a picture of it on the country’s $5 bill and on the back of every dollar coin. But not only is it critically endangered, its native habitat is dwindling.
about 1 year ago
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Hidden ocean acidification threatens the Pacific. Now there's a pla...

Meet the woman tracking ocean acidification in the Pacific — a rising danger that could destroy marine life and livelihoods.
over 1 year ago
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World's largest nuclear fusion reactor promises clean energy, but t...

Among idyllic French villages and rolling fields, midnight convoys ferry enormous mysterious objects to construct the world’s biggest fusion reactor. What’s going on there?
almost 2 years ago
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The palaeontologist who fell in love with an ancient Homo heidelber...

See how a prized and contentious early human fossil is stored — and meet the scientist who developed a deep bond with it.
almost 2 years ago
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Antimatter: how the world’s most expensive — and explosive — substa...

Scientists at CERN are making one of the most explosive substances known to humans. Unravelling its secrets could help us understand how the Universe exists.
almost 2 years ago
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From a snowy alpine lair, lasers pierce the night

In his lab on Germany’s tallest peak, Hannes Vogelmann measures the minute fluctuations of water vapour in the upper atmosphere to better understand how we’re changing Earth’s climate.
almost 2 years ago
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The hidden stories of Australia's first women working in computing

Women have a rich and deep history working in computing in Australia, but their stories have often been overlooked.
about 5 years ago
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How well prepared are we to deal with a catastrophic asteroid strike?

Our planet is pockmarked with impact craters, and experts believe it’s not a matter of if, but rather when another asteroid hits Earth. So what are we doing to reduce the threat?
over 5 years ago
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Marlon Brando's private island is now being used as a living labora...

If you want to get rid of mosquitoes, breeding more of them might seem weird. But this scientist, working on a remote tropical island once owned by actor Marlon Brando, has hit on a mosquito sterilisation technique that he hopes will eventually eradicate dengue, Zika and more.
almost 6 years ago
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Rats have infested this remote atoll near Tahiti, but an eradicatio...

The island of Reiono looks like a postcard, a dot of land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean — but rats, introduced by humans, threaten its entire ecosystem. This is the story of an ambitious attempt to return the island to its former state.
almost 6 years ago
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Whale fossils unearthed by surfers and scientists on Victoria's Sur...

During big storms and low tides, ancient whale fossils fall from the cliffs along Victoria’s Surf Coast — researchers say they hold clues to how the largest living creature came to be.
almost 6 years ago
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The graphene revolution - is it happening? - ABC Radio National

The discovery of graphene earned researchers a Nobel Prize. But has the promise of wonderful new materials been realised?
about 6 years ago
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AI that can teach? It's already happening

Artificial intelligence could be heading to your child’s classroom — and in schools overseas, it’s already there. NSW Education Department boss Mark Scott says AI software could help teach students, but that won’t mean robots taking over from teachers.
over 6 years ago
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Floating cities: Brilliant or bonkers?

When “seasteading” was first floated years ago by its tech billionaire and libertarian proponents, critics said the idea was elitist and delusional. In recent years, the pitch has been updated. But is there any scientific merit?
over 6 years ago
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The bizarre story of Australia's floating hotel — in North Korea

Queensland was once home to the world’s first floating hotel, and over the past 30 years it’s been on a wild ride, from Singapore to the Great Barrier Reef — and North Korea.
over 6 years ago
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I was swallowed by a worm on TV and it was really complicated

Science journalist Carl Smith was at the centre of a children’s TV show about bugs and insects. It was weird and fascinating.
almost 7 years ago
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Orangutan numbers in Borneo plummet by more than 100,000 in just 16...

About half of the orangutans on the island of Borneo were either killed or removed between 1999 and 2015, according to new research.
almost 7 years ago