Eating fast food can cause irreversible dementia, a study warns. The research found the average person is eating an extra 650 calories a day compared to 1970s, which is the equivalent of a burger, soft drink and fries. Australian National University’s professor Nicolas Cherbuin and his team found strong evidence linking unhealthy eating habits and little-to-no physical activity to a decline... 

Planet 2MASS J2126, which was considered an independent space body, moves in orbit around the star about one trillion kilometers far from the planet, the Royal Astronomical Society said. A team of astronomers from the UK, the US and Australia described their discovery in “Monthly Notices” journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. Scientists discovered the planet as a separate body eight... 

The newly-spotted black hole questions the rate at which they grow. Astronomers have discovered a black hole that is 12 billion times more massive than the sun. The new finding, described in a study published in science weekly Nature on Wednesday, could challenge a generally accepted theory about how black holes are formed. The supermassive black hole, estimated to have been formed only 875 million... 

Australian researchers have stored quantum data into a solid crystal of europium. Scientists have developed a prototype quantum “hard drive” with the capability of storing data for up to an unprecedented six hours. The record storage time was achieved by researchers at the Australian National University (ANU). “We believe it will soon be possible to distribute quantum information between any... 

Star discovered to be the oldest ever found, by Dr. Stefan Keller with the SkyMapper telescope at the Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia. Australian astronomers are positive they’ve discovered the most ancient star to date. Being practically three times older than our Sun, the old-timer star could serve as a prototype system to explore matter metamorphose in... 

Professor Frank Fenner has warned that the human race can not survive As the scientist who helped eradicate smallpox he certainly know a thing or two about extinction. And now Professor Frank Fenner, emeritus professor of microbiology at the Australian National University, has predicted that the human race will be extinct within the next 100 years. He has claimed that the human race will be unable...