Morning Groggins.

Well, I'm awake but groggy. I've had my shower and now I'm reading my comics and email and drinking coffee while I dry. After that it'll be time to grab something to eat and then hop a bus to the Denzo's place for a garden party.

Yay party!

Anatrophic Drugs?

In a science fiction game scenario I wrote 10 years ago, I posited the existance of 'Anatrophic Drugs'. Drugs that inhibit the normal atrophy of unused muscle tissue that would be used to help astronauts overcome muscle-loss in weightless ness and which would be inevitably abused by body builders.

Well, it looks like a mutant baby born in Germany has proved that such a drug is indeed possible. The kid is only 5 but already has stronger arm muscles than most adults. So far he's perfectly healthy (albeit musclebound) but doctors worry about his long-term health. Genetic tests on the kid have disclosed the mutation causing the effect, and it seems simple to mimic with drugs.

Read the full article for more information.