sandy Grease's director breaks down the 'You're The One That I Want' scene Rusty Blazenhoff

Science Art sculpture blows rainbow smoke donuts using mirrors and prisms Popkin

brazil Black sand, hot beaches: Welcome to Brazil's radioactive beach town Mark Frauenfelder

Ad Unwrap the magic of a refurbished MS Surface 3 this holiday season for only $416 Boing Boing's Shop

climate change New Belgium Brewing tackles carbon emissions by ditching gas for electric heat-pump boilers Thom Dunn

A book about the rebellious history of the banjo Elías Villoro

photography See this astonishing image of Jesus getting struck by lightning David Pescovitz

music Thelonious Monk, 40 years after his death David Pescovitz

inventions Clip-on motor to turn a bike into an ebike Clive Thompson

canada Canada's infrastructure was once cheap and effective to build. Now, it's a titanic transfer from taxpayers to the world's biggest businesses and investors Rosemary Frei

happy mutants The OZORA music festival is a psychedelic tribal gathering I keep coming back to Ferdinando Buscema

obits RIP Robert M. Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Mark Frauenfelder

music My brother produced a '60s Malaysian psych-garage rock tribute to Adnan Othman, and you must hear it Xeni Jardin