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Dennis Normile

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Asia Correspondent at Science Magazine

Asia correspondent for Science Magazine.

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  • 1 week ago | science.org | Richard Stone |Dennis Normile

    High on the Tibetan Plateau, China appears to be laying the groundwork for what will be the largest optical telescope in the Northern Hemisphere—and perhaps briefly, in the world. But to the puzzlement of some astronomers, China has been keeping a tight lid on plans for its 14.5-meter Large Optical Telescope (LOT), with only glancing references in a handful of abstracts and Chinese media reports. “As far as I can tell, it’s real.

  • 2 weeks ago | science.org | Dennis Normile

    Following its successes retrieving lunar samples from both the near and far sides of the Moon, China is planning an encore, sending a probe to snatch material from a near-Earth asteroid. The target of the Tianwen-2 mission, which is expected to launch by the end of the month, is a chunk of rock named 469219 Kamo‘oalewa.

  • 2 weeks ago | portside.org | Dennis Normile

    The Fog of War Published May 18, 2025 Nearly 2 decades ago, more than 240 women who had recently given birth in Da Nang, Vietnam, got an unusual request from visiting nurses checking on their newborns: Could we collect a small sample of your breast milk?

  • 1 month ago | science.org | Dennis Normile

    The harm to human health caused by spraying Agent Orange and other herbicides over southern Vietnam was unintended—but not the damage to the environment. The U.S. military’s effort to denude an estimated 2 million hectares of forest and 200,000 hectares of farmland was designed to deny Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops food and protective cover. At the time, critics of the tactic coined a new term—“ecocide”—to describe the widespread destruction.

  • 1 month ago | science.org | Dennis Normile

    1.0x 00:00 16:43 1.0x Audio is AI-generated. Report an issue|Give feedback Nearly 2 decades ago, more than 240 women who had recently given birth in Da Nang, Vietnam, got an unusual request from visiting nurses checking on their newborns: Could we collect a small sample of your breast milk?

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Dennis Normile
Dennis Normile @dnormile
7 Jul 23

My intro to one of the world's premier supernovae hunters. https://t.co/l4lcWthVeh

Dennis Normile
Dennis Normile @dnormile
16 May 23

Australia's First People's rock art is threatened by industrial development. Our report in Science: https://t.co/6gtqd32hVT

Dennis Normile
Dennis Normile @dnormile
12 May 23

Important paper from @AliceCHughes

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The IPBES report stated overexploitation of species to be 1 of the greatest threats to their survival Yet most #wildlifetrade is legal, & most has no evidence of sustainability We review those intersections & highlight the need for precautionary principles https://t.co/jaGVyBKkah https://t.co/93zO1vSCVR