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The Science Podcast for 18 August 2006 includes interviews on a new reckoning of post-traumatic stress disorder among Vietnam war veterans, clinical and ethical dilemmas in fetal surgery, and a look at some very faint stars, as well as a roundup of stories from Science's free daily news site ScienceNOW.