Science & Technology — June 12, 2026

Autonomous drones kill soldiers for first time. A senior Ukrainian defense official says fully autonomous drones killed enemy soldiers in a 2024 test, destroying targets in a set area without human control—a first for lethal autonomous weapons.

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NASA names Artemis III crew. NASA announced the four astronauts who will attempt the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo, set to launch on the Artemis III mission in 2027.

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Whale graveyard found 7 kilometers deep. Researchers exploring the southeastern Indian Ocean discovered a vast deep-sea bed of whale bones up to 5.3 million years old, including a previously unknown extinct species.

Nature · Read more ↗

ChatGPT reaches one billion monthly users. OpenAI’s chatbot hit one billion monthly app users in May. Surveys, meanwhile, show growing public unease over AI’s ethical and environmental costs.

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