It's a blogger's dream: a pill that promises to give you the benefits of exercise without having to, you know, actually do anything... 

The AP reports that sedentary mice who took this mystery and/or miracle drug for four weeks burned more calories and had less fat than untreated mice. And, as it turns out, when tested on a treadmill (hamster wheel?), the mice could run 44 percent farther and 23 percent longer than untreated mice. 

The rest of the article goes on to temper everyone expectations by quoting total Debbie Downer comments like, "Whether it would happen in a person, I don't know," and "It would [still] be better to do exercise than take a pill."

We say: fuck that, sign us up, and we'll see you on that creepy fat-person oasis / space colony in Wall-E. 

[via Yahoo! News]