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Research

The dying scientist and his rogue vaccine trial | Wired

A microbiologist discovered that a weakened form of herpes might inoculate people against the virus. After running intro trouble getting funding for his research, he turned to people with herpes and, eventually, a Hollywood producer, with whom he started the company Rational Vaccines.

Information technology

Amazon is really serious about making healthcare a part of its future | Futurism

Yet another look into how Amazon might get into healthcare.

Text messaging service could help reduce opioid relapses | Health Data Management

EpxSubstanceUse, a service created by Washington University researchers and digital health company Epharmix, sends automated text messages to patients at risk of opioid relapse.

DNA

Home DNA kits: What do they tell you? | NBC

Most of the DNA kits tested by the reporter found a dog's DNA unreadable. But Orig3n DNA reported that the dog would likely be good at boxing and basketball.

In other news

Please don't use this study to justify your horrible habit of using two spaces after periods | The Verge

A new study shows that students who read passages with sentences spaced two spaces apart didn't understand what they read any better than students who read passages with sentences spaced one space apart. The study used a monospace typeface, the reason two spaces were once standard—and the reason they no longer need to be.