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[The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.]If you’re a fan of bad movies, and even if you’re not, you might remember the summer thriller Snakes on a Plane. In it, gangsters attempt to take down a plane by stuffing the cargo hold with angry venomous snakes. The movie probably didn’t make you fear getting bitten by a cobra on your next cross-country flight. But I’ll bet there is a critter you don’t want to encounter in coach. A creature so insidious that even shoving Neosporin up your nose won’t save you. I’m talking about germs. [More]

According to a new study from the university of Minnesota, the earliest event in the development of sun-induced skin cancer may have been identified.

The US lists the polar bear as a threatened species but says the decision will not affect climate change policies.

AP - It has sent innocent men to death row, given defense attorneys fits and splintered the scientific community.

Teenage girls of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds still experience sexism and sexual harassment -- but cultural factors may control whether they perceive sexism as an environmental problem or as evidence of their own shortcomings.

Managing your cholesterol may also help you manage your prostate- specific antigen level.

Tech guru Larry Magid loves to share his photos, and here he gives some insight on what he thinks are the best ways to do it - available now, and in the near future.

Video games designed to provide a workout are becoming big business. But do these games — such as the Wii Fit, which hits stores Monday — deliver on their fitness promises?

The ACT Government says it will not pick up the tab for the Commonwealth's school computer roll-out.

Obesity, unhealthy lifestyles and lower social economic status have been linked to more complex urinary problems in an American survey of 5,506 men and women. 58 percent were female, 32 percent were white, 32 percent were black and 34 percent were Hispanic.