Dennis Normile

Tokyo

Asia Correspondent at Science Magazine

Asia correspondent for Science Magazine.

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China sets out to sample an unusual near-Earth asteroid

4 weeks ago | science.org | Dennis Normile |Bian Huihui

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.
China is quietly preparing to build a gigantic telescope

1 month 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.
China sets out to sample an unusual near-Earth asteroid

1 month 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.
The Fog of War

1 month 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?
Did the United States commit ‘ecocide’?

2 months 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.
In Vietnam, the health effects of Agent Orange remain uncertain 50 years later

2 months 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?
‘A huge honor’: China reveals the foreign scientists awarded rare lunar samples

2 months ago | science.org | Dennis Normile

Five years after its Chang’e-5 mission returned the first samples of soil and rocks from the Moon in nearly 50 years, China has finally begun to share the precious specimens with select groups of researchers outside the country. Seven institutions in six countries will gain access to tiny shares of the lunar material.
In Japan, researchers resist ruling party’s push to rein in national science academy

Mar 10, 2025 | science.org | Dennis Normile

Japan’s dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is out to crimp the independence of the Science Council of Japan (SCJ)—the country’s national science academy. With the LDP leading the country’s ruling coalition, Japan’s cabinet on Friday approved a bill that would replace the current Science Council—an independent public entity that manages its own affairs—with a special corporation subject to increased government oversight.
Chinese firm’s faster, cheaper AI language model makes a splash

Jan 15, 2025 | science.org | Dennis Normile

For one small Chinese startup, the U.S. ban on sales of the most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) computer chips to Chinese entities was a spur to innovation. DeepSeek, launched in May 2023 by a former AI student–turned–hedge fund manager, says it has found a way to match the performance of its U.S. rivals in AI using second-tier graphics processing units—and at a fraction of the cost.
Japanese researchers surprised to learn they co-authored papers with North Korean scientists

Dec 19, 2024 | science.org | Dennis Normile

Journalists have revealed that nine scientists in Japan co-authored journal articles with North Korean researchers in recent years, possibly violating U.N. sanctions that bar scientific cooperation with the isolated country. But those apparent joint efforts, on eight papers, came as a surprise to both the Japanese scientists and their institutions.

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7 Jul 23

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

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16 May 23

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

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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