A German scientist is working on an "anti-stupidity pill." So far, the pill has only been tested on mice and fruitflies, but the results were encouraging, Germany's Bild newspaper reported Saturday.
The paper said Hans-Hilger Ropers, director at Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, is testing a pill aimed at improving short-term memory and attentiveness by preventing hyperactivity in certain brain cells.
"With mice and fruit flies, we were able to eliminate the loss of short-term memory," Ropers, 62, is quoted saying in Bild newspaper, which has dubbed Ropers' project the "world's first anti-stupidity pill."
