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#1 Aug 08 2006 at 3:46 AM Rating: Decent
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BERLIN (Reuters) - A German scientist has been testing an "anti-stupidity" pill with encouraging results on mice and fruit flies, Bild newspaper reported Saturday.

It said Hans-Hilger Ropers, director at Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, has tested a pill thwarting hyperactivity in certain brain nerve cells, helping stabilize short-term memory and improve attentiveness.

"With mice and fruit flies we were able to eliminate the loss of short-term memory," Ropers, 62, is quoted saying in the German newspaper, which has dubbed it the "world's first anti-stupidity pill."



I'm sure that everyone could benefit from something like this.
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#2 Aug 08 2006 at 4:32 AM Rating: Decent
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BERLIN (Reuters) - A fruit fly has just beaten Deep Blue in a first ever chess game between computer and fruit fly.

Hans Frankbauer, coach of the fruit-fly, said afterwards: "We are all delighted. Fruity is a late-comer in the world of chess, and beating
Deep Blue in your second competitive match in quite extraordinary. She'll be feasting on rotten apples when she gets home that's for sure!"

Fruity reached the final by beating Micey in the semis, a sensational game many experts dubbed the "Bloody Battle of the Superhuman Animals."


Crazy stuff...

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#3 Aug 08 2006 at 8:52 AM Rating: Excellent
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Holy hell. Where can I get my hands on a crate or two?
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#4 Aug 08 2006 at 8:54 AM Rating: Good
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#5 Aug 08 2006 at 12:35 PM Rating: Decent
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With mice and fruit flies we were able to eliminate the loss of short-term memory


How exactly do you define short-term memory for a fly? They only live like a day or two.
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#7 Aug 09 2006 at 8:20 PM Rating: Decent
i could definitely use that pill, i was born 3 weeks early so i have a pretty bad memory ><
#8 Aug 09 2006 at 8:29 PM Rating: Decent
I can think of many people who could use this, heck I could use this.
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