It’s cheaper and faster to collect people’s opinions using AI, but will it make polls more accurate?

Researchers say results mark a ‘profound change in technology that will reshape medicine’

From George Clooney in ER to Noah Wyle in The Pitt, emergency department doctors have long been popular heroes. But will it soon be time to hang up the scrubs?

A groundbreaking Harvard study has found that AI systems outperformed human doctors in high-pressure emergency medicine triage, diagnosing more...

By attacking the basic settlement between scientists and the state, the US president has proved that experts can’t avoid these fights

Donald Trump’s war on science has been vicious and hugely damaging, but it is worth noting that he has lost some of its biggest battles. Last year, Mr Trump demanded that US federal scientific and medical research funding be cut by about half. But the budget...

Isaiah Thomas, known as hmblzayy, was walking a 3,000-mile challenge when he was hit

Hope that sessions of MDMA-assisted therapy could help soldiers fight longer by helping them process trauma

As the war on drugs approaches its end, a new doctrine could soon take hold: psychedelic drugs for active-duty soldiers suffering from PTSD.

In two studies funded by the Department of Defense (DoD), 186 service personnel with PTSD will likely next year undergo multiple sessions of...

Home affairs has suspended two senior officials after AI ‘hallucinations’ were found in its new immigration white paper.

The AI firm said that unlike previous model bugs, this issue “crept in subtly”.

South Africa will hold its next municipal elections on 4 November, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a post on X.

Starlink links anglers, organisers and the local community at Mozambique’s premier big-game fishing event.

Sundar Pichai’s bet on full-stack AI – chips, models, cloud – is starting to deliver real commercial returns.

South Africa’s breach record tells a consistent story – and it leads to the database layer, writes Ascent Technology MD Johan Lamberts.

Cape Town start-up Shiprazor has raised R44-million, led by Norrsken22, to expand its courier network and AI tools.

Data tool could help NHS prioritise who gets access to limited weight-loss medication, say scientists

A new tool that can shed light on who is most at risk of obesity-related diseases could help identify people who would benefit most from weight-loss medications, researchers have said.

Recent data suggests about two-thirds of adults in England are overweight or obese – a situation that has...

Optimism bias, weak oversight and hidden complexity have helped derail some of South Africa’s biggest IT projects.