Navajos Hope to Shift From Coal to Wind and Sun

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/science/earth/26navajo.html?_r=1&ref=science

Finally! Some people are wanting some change! The Navajos are starting to rebel against the use of coal and go back to their traditional values which would hopefully result in the beginning of reversing the environmental degradation. Earl Tulley, who is running for vice president of the Navajo nation, represents the movement that is embracing environment healing and relying on the sun and wind. In their culture, it is said that digging up the earth to recieve resources is the same as cutting into the skin and betrayal of duties to protect the land. I think the rest of us should follow these people and start to make a change; wanting with all our hearts to at least reduce the environmental degradation if not reverse it.

How did Leopards get their spots?

http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/10/20/how-did-the-leopard-get-his-spots-scientists-explain/?hpt=C2

Scientists have discovered the reason for leopard's spots. Will Allen has studied 35 of these big cats and details of their habitats, hunting styles and when they went on the prowl. His results: big cats with irregular markings, such as the spotted leopard, lived in dense, dark forests and hunted at night. Their coat color is so they can blend in in places where there is dappled light. Cats that hunt during the day have coat colors that need to camouflage tend to have plain-light colored coats. There was a story by Rudyard Kipling where an Ethopian hunter painted spots on the leopards so it could blend in with the forest. Even though this guy wasnt COMPLETELY correct, he still had the idea!
I just thought this article kinda fit what we were talking about where natural selection can help animals live with their environment and their lifestyles so they are able to prosper in nature

Giant moon collision 'may have formed Saturn's rings'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11488797

An unknown wonder has now, maybe, finally been discovered. Saturn's rings may have been formed when a large moon with an icy mantle and rocky core spiralled into the planet. This theory helps explain the rings' mainly water-ice composition which has puzzled researches. The scientist with this new theory, Dr. Canup, says the rings must have formed essentially as pure ice. Professor Carl Murray had two other theories that Dr. Canup disagreed with. One ivolved an icy comet breaking up in the Saturn's vicinity and the other theory said a small moon was pulled in by the planet's gravitational field. Dr. Canup believes that as this "huge moon" was about to hit Saturn, the planet's tidal forces could have This mission to figure out the true theory is the Cassini mission which is planned to continue to 2017.