THE ANNALS OF SCIENCE – AT 8:33 A.M. ET:  Science is about to bestow upon us the end of gym class.  From People: 

Exercising is about to get a whole lot easier.

According to research published in Cell Metabolism and Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, scientists are one step closer to developing "exercise pills."

Researchers at the University of Sydney studied four "untrained, healthy males following 10 minutes of high intensity exercise" to discover 1,000 molecular changes that take place in the body during exercise.

"While scientists have long suspected that exercise causes a complicated series of changes to human muscle, this is the first time we have been able to map exactly what happens," co-author of the paper Dr. Nolan Hoffman said in a statement. "This is a major breakthrough, as it allows scientists to use this information to design a drug that mimics the true beneficial changes caused by exercise."

Their research proves that unlike most drugs that target individual molecules, the exercise pill will have to target multiple molecules.

"Our research has provided the roadmap to figure this out," said the head of the study Professor David James.

COMMENT:  The educator, Robert Hutchins, once said that whenever he felt like exercising he went to bed until the feeling passed.  Looks like we'll be entering his world.

This might even help out the Chicago Cubs.

October 8,  2015