A drug that could make you sleep until you starve

SF blog io9 has an interesting post about a newly discovered drug brain chemical that, well, I'll let them explain:

When you're starving and tired, how does your brain decide whether you should sleep or keep hunting for food? This basic survival decision may be hardwired into two genes, and scientists have figured out to control them.

The brain systems that control sleep and eating are connected in most mammals, including humans. Scientists have long known what many of us have realized from pulling all-nighters: Sleep deprivation makes you hungry. But when you're starving, it's hard to sleep.

It turns out fruit flies have a similar response to starvation, and a group of researchers decided to study the food-or-sleep mechanism in these insects to shed light on human behavior. Now the researchers say that they'd isolated two genes, Clock and cycle, that regulate circadian rhythms.

Ever wanted to sleep away those depressing, depressing pounds? Soon, you can!