Insect Attack May Have Finished Off Dinosaurs PhysOrg
Is it possible that volcanic action and asteroid impact, two major ideas concerning the demise of the dinosaurs, were not the cause of dinosaur extinction? Does the presence of insects in ancient amber, dating to the time of the dinosaur extinction, serve as a "smoking gun" for the death of the dinosaurs resulting from disease-carrying insects?

'Hobbits' Not a Different Species, Say Scientists Telegraph
Homo floresiensis may be taking another hit from scientists disputing the classification of the so-called "Hobbit" remains found on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2005. Could the Hobbits be humans with a rare growth disorder? Also, "Hobbits" May Have Been Genetic Mutants.