Ode To A Node:

Ode to a Node:

Have a heart, and have no fear,

The SA node is over here.

Beating at a constant rate,

60-100 is really great.

The AV node can make a show

If SA node has gone too slow.

40-60 is not too bad,

If it’s all you’ve got, you will be glad.

Should the whole thing drop its speed,

His and bundle branches will take the lead.

And that, my friend is the whole and part,

Of the conduction system of your heart.

Pitiful and Corney, to say the least.  Taken from the book “Flip and See ECG.”

surely they could have come up with a better logo

what did the cannibal who came late to the dinner party get

Mr. Ditmars, the director of the zoological garden in New York, had the idea to film the attitudes and expressions of a few animals under the influence of music.

Overly Honest Methods: Uncovering the hilarious truth behind how science actually gets done

Earlier this week, in a fit of comedic inspiration, a postdoc named Leigh tweeted a funny lab confession and included the hashtag #overlyhonestmethods. By the end of the day, dozens of scientists had joined in, and the result is nothing short of hilarious.

Science is an incredibly painstaking and difficult process, and in addition to being quite funny, these tweets pull back the curtain on just how human a process research really is. Some of them had me raising my eyebrows right after I finished giggling, because please tell me you didn’t actually do that. Others had me nodding sagely in agreement, because sometimes you drop a tube or run out of a chemical and the world has to keep on turning, man.

Check out this collection of 75 of the best, and Robert Gonzalez has picked quite a few gems at io9. What are your favorites? Got any confessions?

Kinematics Problem 2 (30 points)

Mr/Mrs. Test Designer, you monster…