Best flashmob ever performs/is Ode to Joy. This will lift your spirits. Thanks to Megan Garber.

Maryn McKenna shows how it’s done with a detailed investigation into the link between chickens, antibiotics, and 8 million urinary tract infections every year. Awesome journalism, right here.

Faith in humanity restored! Nobel laureate hangs out on street corner dispensing physics advice. The fact that he has an “ASK A NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING PHYSICIST!” sign just makes this even better.

BLOODY HELL. Literally. This is what the venom of the Russell’s pit viper does to blood. Nature: it is better than you.

What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light? XKCD is now fielding questions, with predictably