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Hotline Bling Sodium-Potassium Pumps

OMGee! Someone has made my day. Hip Hop Science for the win! For the Win, people.

Hotline Bling

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I haven't blogged anything Hip Hop and Science in for-ever...and I found the very thing to bring me out of retirement. Someone created this most FANTASTIC Hip Hop Science explanation of Sodium-Potassium Pumps and active transport.

Now, now, wikipedia does a bang up job, but who can deny the beauty of Drake and Hotline Bling.

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(Source: raneff from reddit - You are a GENIUS!)

Seriously, I love whoever did this. Who did this? I need to know you.

When that Hotline Bling, means ions are moving across the extracellular membrane. That hook will never sound the same again, will it?

Drake: Hotline Bling Video here.

 

DNLee is a biologist and she studies animal behavior, mammalogy, and ecology . She uses social media, informal experiential science experiences, and draws from hip hop culture to share science with general audiences, particularly under-served groups.

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