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A rare case of plague has been found in Oregon. Local health officials reported a U.S. case of the bacterial menace earlier this month—the first seen within the state in nearly a decade. The victim has been hospitalized as a result, but appears to be responding well to treatment, officials say.Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra: 3 Things We Love and HatePlague is caused by the rod-shaped bacteria Yersinia pestis. Y. pestis can make us sick in different ways, depending on how the bacteria invade our body. When it’s transmitted…

Next Friday, the Mothership will land on Hollywood Boulevard when George Clinton officially gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. “It feels good as shit,” he tells Rolling Stone of the honor on a phone call from his home in Tallahassee, Florida. “I’m trying to think of some jokes to say, but the truth is that I’m proud as hell.” The ceremony honoring the Parliament-Funkadelic mastermind — whose music added psychedelic and Afrofuturistic flares to funk, effectively laying the groundwork for hip-hop — will take…

The Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Pogues released their debut albums the same year, which allowed them to run in the same circles for a brief period. Chilis bassist Flea paid tribute to MacGowan on Thursday, a few hours after news broke of the former Pogues frontman’s death at the age of 65. “And now I say, God bless the great Irishman Shane MacGowan,” Flea wrote on Instagram. “Every time I heard him sing, I heard the truth, and my heart filled up with humanity.” He also shared a funny story from a time the…

First We Feast'sHot OnesFlea is a six-time Grammy Award–winning artist, author of the 2019 memoir Acid For the Children, and a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee. But how is he with spicy food? Find out as the founding member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers takes on the wings of death and discusses the power of art, old Hollywood lore, and his enduring love for the Los Angeles Lakers. First We Feast'sHot OnesFlea is a six-time Grammy Award–winning artist, author of the 2019 memoir Acid For the Children, and a Rock…

“Hey, come see my baby boy!” Flea says excitedly, holding up his iPhone as he stands next to his motorcycle in the parking lot of the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. Dressed in basketball shorts and a red bucket hat, the 60-year-old bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is FaceTiming with his wife, streetwear designer Melody Ehsani, as she cradles their infant son, Darius, at home in Malibu.Flea, who has two older daughters (one 34, the other 17), admits he kind of forgot how exhausting it can be to take care of a baby.…

Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Everyone knows the story of how young Dwayne Johnson was set on the path towards becoming the highest-paid star in Hollywood, with the youngster having a mere seven bucks to his name and very few options on the table after his dreams of becoming a professional football player were left in tatters. He eventually decided to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a wrestler instead, but he was only a full-time member of the WWE roster for less than seven years, which was…

A magnified view of the tiny crab robot, standing on the edge of a coin. Credit: Northwestern UniversityThe small robotic crab can walk, bend, twist, turn and jumpThe smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot has been created by Northwestern University engineers, and it takes the shape of a tiny, cute peekytoe crab.The tiny crabs, which are about half a millimeter wide, can bend, twist, crawl, walk, turn, and even leap. Additionally, the scientists created millimeter-sized robots that resemble inchworms, crickets, and…

Graphic: Karl GustafsonWhen you put a protective flea collar on your dog or cat, the last thing you expect is for that product to hurt your pet. Or kill them. Enter Seresto Flea and Tick Collars, which did just that. At least 2,340 pets are believed to have been killed by Seresto collars. Gizmodo has obtained complaints filed with the Federal Trade Commission that include horrific details of the animals’ suffering. We believe the complaints are an important piece in the Seresto story that has been missing until now:…

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has added another credit to his surprisingly hefty list of acting roles, popping up in the first two episodes of the new Star Wars series, Obi-Wan Kenobi. The show arrived early on Disney+ Thursday night, May 27, so for those who haven’t had a chance to watch yet, fair warning — spoilers ahead. In the show, Flea plays a bounty hunter named Vect Nehru, who’s hired by Reva (Moses Ingram) — a Force-sensitive Inquisitor tasked with tracking Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) — to kidnap a…

The smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot has been built by Northwestern University engineers, and it comes in the guise of a tiny, charming peekytoe crab. These tiny crabs, which are only a half-millimetre long, can bend, twist, crawl, walk, turn, and even jump. The researchers also created millimetre-sized robots that resemble inchworms, crickets, and beetles. Though the research is still in its early stages, the researchers hope their technology will help them get closer to developing micro-sized robots that…