Here are 10 of the most influential titles of the decade. These books are sexy, courageous, vulnerable and venerated. Many have been adapted into films, merchandise or Netflix specials.The story of Henrietta Lacks remained largely in the dark until Rebecca Skloot unearthed a twisted history of race, ethics and poverty and launched her family story to popular attention.Lacks cells taken without her knowledge or consent during a biopsy were discovered to have the remarkable ability to divide indefinitely.

DUCK DYNASTY STAR IS A DICK: I don get Duck Dynasty hysteria. But for those who have it, here a GQ interview with a Bible thumping, homophobic star of the show, Phil Robertson. A slice of his theology:you have to do is look at any society where there is no Jesus.

Clostridium acetobutylicum is an industrially important Gram positive organism which is capable of producing economically important chemicals in the Acetone, Butanol and Ethanol (ABE) process. An orthologue of the accessory gene regulator (agr) locus of Staphylococcus aureus has been found to be present in the genome of Clostridium acetobutylicum. This was also the case with the agrC and agrA genes but there was no conclusive evidence to suggest that all 4 genes resided on the same operon.

The fairness gap starts when we define the ideal worker as someone who is always available for work. Men feel entitled to perform as ideal workers; women don’t. Wives told one researcher that they made the decision themselves to leave their careers and work, with no pressure from their husbands.

But adventurous intelligent life such as humans is likely to be in harms way. It is unknown if the 4 billion years to reach human intelligence is a norm or not. And it is unknown if 450 million years from the creatures in that illustration to humans is a protracted development or not.

In fact, the underwater realm sounds more like an orchestra warming up, the cetaceans hitting their high notes while other marine mammals clear their throats against a background of breaking waves. A distant downpour sends out a staccato riff that can be heard for miles, even as fish and marine invertebrates snap out a syncopated rhythm designed to scare off predators or attract mates. It is a cacophonous soundscape that had changed little in tens of thousands of years.

The thing with the contemporary understanding of cultural appropriation is its sheer simplification and reduction to a few certain areas while all the other areas affected by cultural appropriation are often disregarded. It is an ethical and inherently a cross disciplinary issue. So scientists can find themselves appropriating culture by digging up human corpses and using them without the consent of living members of said community.