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Mario Segale, Seattle-area real estate developer who inspired Nintendo’s Super Mario, dies at 84 Around 1980, Mario Segale rented a 60,000-square-foot warehouse to Nintendo, a Japanese video-game company, as it sought to expand to the U.S. market.

I don't think this is accurate. Check out this article — it says that Mario Segale, a Seattle-area real estate developer, was blasting Minoru Arakawa, then the president of Nintendo of America, for being past due on the rent. It was then that Arakawa named Mario!
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Far fewer people are related to Genghis Khan than previously assumed, new genomic study suggests Some experts have suggested as many as 1 in 200 men in the world are related to Genghis Khan. But a new genomic study reveals the number is significantly lower.

Are 0.5% of the men in the world directly related to Genghis Khan? A new DNA study of skeletons from Golden Horde mausolea suggests that stat is overblown. 🏺🧪

'Absolute surprise': Homo erectus skulls found in China are almost 1.8 million years old — the oldest evidence of the ancient human relatives in East Asia A new date for Homo erectus skulls found in central China provides new insight into how and when ancient human relatives reached eastern Asia.

If Homo erectus was in China around 1.8 million years ago, then the species likely emerged before 2 million years ago in Africa. It's possible our direct ancestor emerged much earlier, possibly even 2.6 million years ago. Read more, by @sophieberdugo.bsky.social for @livescience.com 🏺🧪

What are ghost lineages, remnants of the past that still exist in our DNA today? Ghost lineages reveal themselves through ancient genes that still exist in living beings today.

What does it mean when researchers say they've found a ghost lineage? @livescience.com breaks it down 🏺🧪

7,500-year-old deer skull headdress discovered in Germany indicates hunter-gatherers shared sacred items and ideas with region's first farmers The discovery of a deer skull headdress and tools made from antlers at the site of a New Stone Age farming village suggests that hunter-gathers were sharing ideas with the newcomers.

It's still kind of a mystery how hunter-gatherers and Europe's first farmers dealt with each other. But in this instance, the discovery of a 7,500-year-old deer skull headdress and tools made from antlers suggests that the hunter-gatherers were sharing ideas and technologies with farmers. 🏺🧪🦌

5,000-year-old rock art from ancient Egypt depicts 'terrifying' conquest of the Sinai Peninsula Archaeologists have found 5,000-year-old ancient Egyptian rock art in the Sinai Desert that depicts the conquest of the region.

Archaeologists have discovered 5,000-year-old rock art in the Sinai Desert that depicts ancient Egypt's brutal conquest of the region.

'Landmark' elephant bone finding in Spain may be from time of Hannibal's war against Rome An elephant bone discovered in Spain may date to the time of Hannibal's battles against the Romans.

The discovery of an ancient elephant bone in Spain is the first "direct archaeological testimony" of war elephants being used from Hannibal's time, a new study reports. 🏺🧪🐘

When were boats invented? The oldest physical boat is a canoe from roughly 10,000 years ago, but evidence suggests humans have been using watercraft for at least 50,000 years.

My favorite rafting story goes to the iguanas who voyaged 5,000 miles from North America to Fiji 🦎

More than 43,000 years ago, Neanderthals spent centuries collecting animal skulls in a cave; but archaeologists aren't sure why Neanderthals repeatedly returned to the cave to store horned animal skulls, revealing this cultural tradition was transmitted over time.

Do you collect stamps, rocks or knickknacks? Well, around 43,000 years ago, Neanderthals collected animal skulls and placed them in a cave in what is now Spain. And nobody knowns why. By @sophieberdugo.bsky.social for @livescience.com

Teenage girl who lived in Italy 12,000 years ago had a rare form of dwarfism, DNA study shows In 1963, researchers unearthed two Stone Age skeletons that were buried in an embraced position in a cave in Italy. Now, DNA testing has revealed that one of them had a rare genetic condition.

Around 12,000 years ago, two individuals were buried embraced in a cave in what is now Italy. It was thought Romito 1 and Romito 2 were male. Now, a new genetic study shows they are both female, and one was a dwarf.
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430,000-year-old wooden handheld tools from Greece are the oldest on record — and they predate modern humans Archaeologists have found the oldest-known surviving examples of handheld wooden tools.

Scientists aren't sure who made the ancient wooden tools, but ideas are Homo heidelbergensis, or possibly very early Neanderthals 🏺🧪

U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies

"Some 10,109 doctoral-trained experts in science and related fields left their jobs last year as President Donald Trump dramatically shrank the overall federal workforce. "

Why don't you usually see your nose? Our nose is right in front of us. So why don't we normally notice it?

Why can't we see our noses, even though they're literally right in front of us?
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Why does the moon look larger when it's on the horizon? The moon looks enormous when it's near the horizon — why is that?

Why does the moon look larger when it's on the horizon?

Before the 1990s, plane crashes caused by microbursts used to kill planeloads of people fairly regularly.

Dr. Ted Fujita and NCAR scientists figured out how to detect microbursts and warn pilots about them.

Since then? Zero airliner crashes from microbursts.

The 'hobbits' may have died out when drought forced them to compete with modern humans, new research suggests A reduction in rainfall may have played a sizable role in the extinction of Homo floresiensis, the archaic human species nicknamed the "hobbit," a new study finds.

Why did the "hobbits" on the island of Flores in Indonesia go extinct around 50,000 years ago? A new study we covered at @livescience.com.web.brid.gy has an idea 🏺🧪

The only live news report of the attack on the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor, in Oahu, Hawaii, on this day, 1941, more than 2,400 Americans killed. (Courtesy Smithsonian Channel.)

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'Hot knives and brute force': King Tut's mummy was decapitated and dismembered after its historic discovery. Then, the researchers covered it up. Irreversible damage was done to the pharaoh’s body.

Did you know that after Howard Carter excavated King Tutankhamun's tomb, he decapitated the boy king's mummy, severed its limbs and dismembered the torso? I myself had no idea. You can read more about it here.

Ancient Egyptian pharaoh moved another ruler's body and stole his tomb, hundreds of funerary figurines suggest Archaeologists have discovered 225 shabtis — figurines meant to work for the deceased in the afterlife — in a pharaoh's tomb.

Archaeologists found 225 shabtis for ancient Egyptian pharaoh Shoshenq III ... but they weren't in his tomb. They were in the tomb of the pharaoh Osorkon II. What's going on? Read our story to find out. 🏺🧪

Massive 3,000-year-old Maya site in Mexico depicts the cosmos and the 'order of the universe,' study claims A roughly 3,000-year-old site in Mexico was built in the shape of a cosmogram that stretches for miles, a new study suggests.

Ancient people came together to feast, trade and find mates at the Maya site of Aguada Fénix around 3,000 years ago, a new study suggests. It's just like prehistoric feasting and coming together at Stonehenge! Let the good times roll. 🏺🧪

'I was wrong': Dinosaur scientists agree that small tyrannosaur Nanotyrannus was real, pivotal new study finds An argument over whether fossils from several small dinosaurs represent a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex or smaller adults of a separate species may finally be settled.

Nanotyrannus is real after all! Here's how other paleontologists are reacting to this dinosaur news 🦖 www.livescience.com/animals/dino...

Fruits and vegetables quiz: Do you know where pumpkins, blueberries and broccoli come from? Do you know where your staple fruits and vegetables were domesticated? Take Live Science's quiz to find out.

You may eat your fruits and veggies (and drink your coffee), but do you know where these things first emerged and were domesticated? I wrote a quiz — test yourself!

'People made it out of the cities alive': Tracing the survivors of Pompeii and Herculaneum, 2,000 years after Vesuvius erupted Several lines of evidence, from chiseled inscriptions to missing horses, suggest that thousands of people survived the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79.

'People made it out of the cities alive': Tracing the survivors of Pompeii and Herculaneum, 2,000 years after Vesuvius erupted | Live Science
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What if Christopher Columbus had never reached the Americas? How would history have unfolded if Christopher Columbus had never reached the New World?

What if Columbus had never reached the Americas? Here’s a thought experiment on what might have happened.

200-foot scorpion effigy mound in Mexico may align with the solstices A 205-foot-long, scorpion-shaped mound in Mexico likely helped Mesoamericans mark the summer and winter solstices, a new study finds.

The first surprise was finding a 200-foot-long mound in the shape of a scorpion in Mexico that was centuries old. The second was discovering that it aligns with the summer and winter solstices! 🏺🧪🦂 🌅 #archaeology

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Psychedelic beer may have helped pre-Inca empire in Peru schmooze elite outsiders and consolidate power The Wari used beer mixed with psychedelics to help build an empire in Peru around 1,200 years ago, a new study suggests.

If you want to consolidate power, why not schmooze with other elites over a psychedelic-laced beer? The Wari in Peru might have done it! (Although not everyone agrees.) 🏺🧪🍻 #archaeology

Hundreds of ancient gold and silver coins from possible Celtic market found in Czech Republic Hundreds of gold and silver coins, along with jewelry and other artifacts, have been found in the Czech Republic at what might have been an ancient Celtic market.

Hundreds of ancient gold and silver coins and cool doodads found in Czech Republic. Why? Perhaps it was a seasonal market around 2,500 years ago. 🏺🧪 💰 #archaeology

Tutankhamun quiz: How much do you know about the famous boy king from ancient Egypt? King Tut's tomb has captivated people worldwide since its discovery in 1922. But how much do you actually know about the boy king? Take our quiz to find out.

How much do you know about King Tutankhamun? Take the @livescience.com quiz and find out! #archaeology #Egypt 🏺