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Paris Olympics organizers want breakdancing to be part of the 2024 Olympics. The sport was part of the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires last fall, when Russian b-boy Bumblebee (left) defeated Japan's b-boy Shigekix in the gold-medal battle.

Breakdancing In The Olympics? Paris 2024 Organizers Say, 'Oui, Garçon!'

Discussing "le breakdance" this week, Paris organizers said it speaks to young people — and that the sport's dance battles will be a hit in the 2024 Summer Games.

DJ Marshmello's 'Fornite' Concert Has The Music World Buzzing

What does DJ Marshmello's Fortnite concert mean for the future of music performance? The 10-minute virtual concert was one of the largest digital gatherings ever.

The Netflix series <em>Travelers</em> uses video footage from an oil train disaster in Lac-Megantic, Quebec for its fictional series about time-travelers. The use of the footage has angered Canadians.

Video Clips Of Oil Train Disaster Used In Netflix Sci-Fi Films Anger Canadians

In 2013, an American-owned oil tanker train exploded in the Quebec city of Lac-Megantic and killed 47 people. Canadians are furious that video of the disaster is being used by Netflix in sci-fi films.

Composer Frank Loesser with his wife and musical partner, Lynn Garland, in 1956 in New York. Decades later, Loesser's "Baby, It's Cold Outside" is being banned by radio stations.

'Baby, It's Cold Outside,' Seen As Sexist, Frozen Out By Radio Stations

Programmers have banned the song after fielding listener complaints that the song is offensive, only to face a backlash against that decision.

Freya, a springer spaniel, is in training to detect malaria parasites in sock samples taken from children in Gambia. Two canine cohorts were used in a study on malaria detection.

How A Dog Could Stop The Global Spread Of Malaria

One scientist is training the ultimate disease watchdogs — canines that can smell the disease's parasites living inside a person's blood.

Pop Smoke, a young rapper who rapidly gained a following after releasing the track "Welcome to the Party," last year, has died.

Pop Smoke, Rising New York Rapper, Dead At 20

The young rapper behind the 2019 hit "Welcome to the Party" was killed early Wednesday morning in a home invasion.

"It's my whole life, basically, in a short few minutes," Eimear Noone says of the preparation needed to conduct the orchestra at the Academy Awards.

At The 92nd Oscars, Eímear Noone Became The First Woman To Conduct The Orchestra

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the Irish composer and conductor Eímear Noone, known for scoring video games like World of Warcraft, about her role as the award show's first female conductor.

Ohio State University suspended in-person classes through March 30.

The Coronavirus Outbreak And The Challenges Of Online-Only Classes

To slow the coronavirus, colleges are canceling in-person classes and shifting to online only. How do students and faculty adapt, and what gets lost in the shift away from gathering in classes?

Margaret Glaspy Is Finding Inspiration In Teaching And Learning

In Our Daily Breather, we ask writers and artists to recommend ways to find calm in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Margaret Glaspy has been teaching music lessons.

Scientists at the University of Lund in Sweden have shown that dung beetles use mental "snapshots" of the Milky Way to navigate.

Dung Beetles Navigate Poop-Pile Getaways Using Celestial 'Snapshots'

The tiny waste harvesters use the Milky Way as a guide to roll their dung meals away to safety. Now researchers say the beetles take "snapshots" of the constellation and store them in their brains.

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