Where there is no vision, the people perish. Proverbs 29:18

The Repository for Germinal Choice is a fertility clinic opened in 1980 by an eccentric California millionaire. The idea was to only accept sperm donations from Nobel Laureates and other noted innovators. David Plotz spent three years tracking down as many donors and offspring as he could. The results are in Plotz’s new book, THE GENUIS FACTORY published by Random House. ESQUIRE

A recent study found that a hormone that causes hunger rose 28%, and a hormone that suppresses hunger fell 12% in men who were restricted to four hours sleep a night. Ibid

The world is a long way off from going fully nuclear. Most of our energy will come from non-nuclear sources for a long time to come. But nuclear power is about to start increasing rather than decreasing, and the evidence—today’s evidence, not that of 25 years ago—is persuasive that the world will be better off. FORTUNE

Linda Hammer has helped thousands of adoptees find birth families through her people-finding Web site, weekly radio show and newspaper column.

Located in Sarasota, Florida she now wants to add another tool: a database that would contain DNA evidence from thousands of people. The theory is that DNA could be the only way to reunite adoptees with birth parents in the many cases where names were changed, birth certificates were altered or babies were bought on the black market.