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Marinism
Marinism, Italian marinismo, is the poetic style inaugurated by the Neapolitan poet Giambattista Marino and imitated widely in seventeenth-century Italy, using extravagant metaphors and conceits to astonish the reader.
Marinka Zitnik
Marinka Zitnik (Marinka Žitnik) is a computer scientist and associate professor of biomedical informatics at Harvard Medical School, known for TxGNN, a graph AI model for drug repurposing.
Marino Moretti
Marino Moretti (1885–1979) was an Italian poet and novelist from Cesenatico, among the leading figures of Italian Crepuscularism, the early twentieth-century current of subdued, anti-rhetorical poetry.
Marino Morettini
Marino Morettini (1931-1990), Italian track cyclist, Helsinki 1952 Olympic gold in team pursuit and silver in the 1,000 m time trial; 1953 Zürich amateur world sprint champion, not the rower Mario Moretti or writer Marino Moretti.
Marino Zerial
Marino Zerial, born 1958 in Trieste, is an Italian cell biologist known for his work on Rab GTPases and endocytosis, and co-founded the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden.
Marinoan glaciation
The Marinoan glaciation was the younger of the two Cryogenian Snowball Earth glaciations, a global ice age ending near 635 million years ago and followed by cap carbonates.
Marinobacter
Marinobacter, a genus of Gram-negative, rod-shaped, halophilic marine bacteria in the Gammaproteobacteria, established in 1992; at least 82 species, many hydrocarbon-degrading, found from sea-ice to oil fields.
Marinos C. Dalakas
Marinos C. Dalakas is a Greek neurologist and neuroimmunologist known for defining the inflammatory myopathies and establishing high-dose IVIg treatment for dermatomyositis and stiff-person syndrome.
Marinskyi Raion
Marinskyi Raion (Мар'їнський район), former district of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Marinka; area 1,350 km2, 90,434 residents in 2001; created 1923, re-formed 1933, abolished 17 July 2020 into Pokrovsk Raion.
Marinus Aart Van den Brink
Marinus Aart (Martin) van den Brink, born 1957, is a Dutch engineer who spent his forty-year career at ASML, retiring as President and Chief Technology Officer in 2024.
Marinus I
Marinus I was pope from December 882 to May 884, a Roman curial veteran and the first bishop of another see elected pope, a step some called uncanonical.
Marinus II
Marinus II (Marino II) was the 128th pope, reigning from 942 until his death in 946, placed on the papal throne by Alberic II of Rome.
Marinus Kraus
Marinus Kraus (born 1991, Rosenheim) is a German former ski jumper of WSV Oberaudorf, Olympic team large hill gold medalist at Sochi 2014, individual World Cup winner at Lillehammer 2013/14, and a Bundespolizei police officer.
Marinus van der Lubbe
Marinus van der Lubbe (1909–1934), Dutch council communist, set fire to the Reichstag on 27 February 1933. Tried in Leipzig, sentenced to death under the retroactive Lex van der Lubbe, beheaded 10 January 1934; verdict annulled in 2007; sole authorship still disputed.
Mario (franchise)
Mario is Nintendo's media franchise starring the character Mario, debuting in Donkey Kong in 1981; with over 907 million units sold, it is the best-selling game franchise ever.
Mario (singer)
Mario (Mario Dewar Barrett, born 1986, Baltimore) is an American R&B singer whose "Let Me Love You" topped the Hot 100 for nine weeks in 2004; six albums from Mario (2002) to Glad You Came (2024).
Mario (マリオ)
Mario (マリオ) is Nintendo's mascot character, created by Shigeru Miyamoto; Super Mario Bros. (1985, Famicom/NES) launched a franchise with over 260 million games sold, spanning kart, sports, RPG, and party spin-offs.
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (マリオ&ルイージRPG3!!!) is a 2009 AlphaDream action RPG for Nintendo DS, third in the Mario & Luigi series, with Bowser playable while the brothers work inside his body against Fawful; remade for 3DS in 2018-2019.
Mario & Luigi: Brothership
Mario & Luigi: Brothership is a turn-based RPG by Acquire and Nintendo for Switch, released November 7, 2024. Set in Concordia, it introduced Battle Plugs and Luigi Logic, scored 77 on Metacritic, and sold 1.6 million units in FY2025.
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (Paper Jam Bros. in Europe) is a 2016 Nintendo 3DS action RPG by AlphaDream starring Mario, Luigi, and Paper Mario, with Trio Attacks, Battle Cards, papercraft battles, and a Metacritic score of 76.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (AlphaDream, GBA, 2003) is the first Mario & Luigi RPG, set in the Beanbean Kingdom where Cackletta steals Peach's voice; known for paired A/B brother control, Fawful's 'I have fury!', Metacritic 90, and a 2017 3DS remake.
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is a Sega-Nintendo Olympic sports party game series (2007-2019, Beijing 2008 through Tokyo 2020), the first joint appearance of Mario and Sonic, ending before Paris 2024.
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Mario & Sonic at Rio 2016 Olympic Games is a sports party game developed by SEGA. Released in 2015, it accompanied the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is a 2017 Ubisoft Paris turn-based tactical RPG for Nintendo Switch, crossing Mario heroes with Rabbids in XCOM-style combat with 0/50/100% hit chances, four worlds, and Donkey Kong Adventure DLC.
Mario A. Eisenberger
Mario A. Eisenberger is a medical oncologist and Professor Emeritus at Johns Hopkins whose TAX 327 docetaxel trial established chemotherapy as survival-prolonging treatment for metastatic prostate cancer.
Mario Acuña
Mario Acuña (1940–2009) was an Argentine-born American space physicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center who measured the magnetic fields of Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars.
Mario Affatigato
Mario Affatigato is an American physicist at Coe College known for research on the properties of oxide glasses and for receiving a 1998 Presidential Early Career Award.
Mario Aldo Montano
Mario Aldo Montano (born 1948, Livorno), Italian sabre fencer nicknamed Mauzzino; Olympic team sabre gold 1972 and silver 1976, 1980; world individual champion 1973 and 1974; father of Aldo Montano.
Mario Amadori
Mario Amadori (1886–1941) was an Italian chemist, professor of pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of Modena, whose 1925 Amadori rearrangement, a key Maillard reaction step, is now studied in foods, diabetes, and aging.
Mario Andretti
Mario Andretti (born 1940, Montona, Italy) is an Italian-American racing driver, 1978 F1 World Champion with Lotus, 1969 Indianapolis 500 and 1967 Daytona 500 winner, and four-time IndyCar champion; the only driver to win Indy, Daytona, and an F1 title.