Berlin: A German scientist has been testing an "anti-stupidity" pill with encouraging results on mice and fruit flies, Bild newspaper reported on Saturday.
It said director at Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, Hans-Hilger Ropers, has tested a pill thwarting hyperactivity in certain brain nerve cells, helping stabilise short-term memory and improve attentiveness.
"With mice and fruit flies we were able to eliminate the loss of short-term memory," Ropers was quoted as saying.
Bild newspaper has dubbed it the "world's first anti-stupidity pill."
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