3 extraordinary science articles (corrected URL)

Oldest Human Footprints Found, Experts Say
Stefan Lovgren
for National Geographic News
March 12, 2003

View Oldest Human Footprints Photo Gallery:

Ever since three sets of fossilized footprints on the Roccamonfina
volcano in southern Italy were found, nearby residents have known
them as Ciampate del Diavolo?-the "Devil's Trails."

FOR FULL ARTICLE: (correct URL - sorry for the goof - BBB)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/884221.asp?0si=-

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Hubble discovers an evaporating planet
NASA NEWS RELEASE
Posted: March 12, 2003

For the first time, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope
have observed the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet evaporating off
into space. Much of the planet may eventually disappear, leaving only
a dense core. The planet is a type of extrasolar planet known as
a "hot Jupiter." These giant gaseous planets orbit their parent stars
very closely, drawn to them like moths to a flame.

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http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0303/12planet/
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World's first brain prosthesis revealed
19:00 12 March 03
Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition

The world's first brain prosthesis - an artificial hippocampus - is
about to be tested in California. Unlike devices like cochlear
implants, which merely stimulate brain activity, this silicon chip
implant will perform the same processes as the damaged part of the
brain it is replacing

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http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993488