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Richmond, California
Richmond, California: Bay Area city in western Contra Costa County, 16 miles from San Francisco. Known for the Kaiser WWII shipyards (747 ships), the Port of Richmond, the Chevron refinery, and the Rosie the Riveter home front park; 2020 population 116,448.
Richmond, London
Richmond, London: town in Richmond upon Thames, southwest London, formerly Shene, renamed by Henry VII in 1501 after his Yorkshire earldom; site of Richmond Palace, Richmond Park, and the protected Richmond Hill view.
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia: independent city and state capital on the James River, founded 1737, population about 237,000 (2025 est.), former Confederate capital, mayor-council government under Mayor Danny Avula.
Richmond's Got Talent
Richmond's Got Talent is Ted Lasso Season 4 Episode 3 (Apple TV, aired August 19, 2026, 46 minutes), written by Sasha Garron and directed by MJ Delaney, in which the Lady Greyhounds women's team holds open tryouts, signs Lizzie, Gemma Jay, and Shannon, and wins its first friendly against Hayes & Yeading.
Richter Rasen
Richter Rasen is an Austrian family firm founded in 1906 in Deutsch Brodersdorf, Lower Austria, that grows and installs turf for gardens, sports grounds, and stadiums.
Richter scale
The Richter scale, or Richter magnitude scale, is a logarithmic scale for measuring earthquake size, introduced by Charles F. Richter in 1935 as the first instrumental magnitude scale.
Richter's transformation
Richter's transformation, or Richter syndrome, is the aggressive lymphoma (usually DLBCL) that develops in 2–10% of chronic lymphocytic leukemia/SLL patients, with poor survival and clonal relationship as key prognostic factor.
Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape
Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape: 160,000-ha World Heritage Site (2007, criteria iv and v) in South Africa's Northern Cape, where Nama transhumance pastoralism with portable haru om houses sustains Succulent Karoo biodiversity.
Richthofen case
Richthofen case: 2002 São Paulo parricide of Manfred and Marísia von Richthofen, planned by Suzane von Richthofen with Daniel and Cristian Cravinhos; 2006 jury convictions, 39-year sentences, later regime progression, and landmark Brazilian media-spectacularization scholarship.
Richtmyer–Meshkov instability
The Richtmyer–Meshkov instability, proposed by Richtmyer in 1960 and verified by Meshkov in 1969, arises when a shock wave accelerates the interface between two fluids, driving turbulent mixing in applications from inertial confinement fusion to supernovae.
Richy Ahmed
Richy Ahmed is a British tech house DJ, producer, and A&R figure from South Shields, England, a Hot Creations partner and original Paradise resident at DC10 Ibiza since 2012.
Rician fading
Rician fading is a statistical model for radio signal fading where a dominant line-of-sight path coexists with scattered multipath, and it becomes Rayleigh fading when the direct path vanishes.
Ricin
Ricin, from castor beans (Ricinus communis), is a potent ribosome-inactivating protein toxin; CDC Category B bioterror agent, CWC Schedule 1, no antidote, used in the 1978 Markov assassination.
Ricin poisoning
Ricin poisoning is illness caused by ricin, a highly potent protein poison from castor beans that kills cells by blocking protein synthesis; there is no antidote.
Ricinoleic acid
Ricinoleic acid, chemically 12-hydroxy-9-cis-octadecenoic acid, is a hydroxy fatty acid making up about 90 percent of castor oil, used to make nylons, lubricants, and cosmetics.
Ricinus
Ricinus, castor bean or castor oil plant (Ricinus communis L.), sole species of its Euphorbiaceae genus, native to NE tropical Africa, domesticated ~3200 years ago; seeds yield ricinoleic-acid-rich castor oil and the toxin ricin.
Rick A. Nishimura
Rick A. Nishimura, born in Chicago in 1953, is an American cardiologist at Mayo Clinic known for valvular heart disease and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and for chairing the national guidelines on valvular heart disease.
Rick Adelman
Rick Adelman (1946-2026) was an NBA head coach for 23 seasons with Portland, Golden State, Sacramento, Houston, and Minnesota, winning 1,042 games (10th all-time), reaching two Finals, and entering the Hall of Fame in 2021.
Rick Allen
Rick Allen, also known as Rick W. Allen, is an American politician and Republican U.S. Representative for Georgia's 12th congressional district since 2015, and the 2026 Republican nominee.
Rick Allen (drummer)
Rick Allen (Richard John Cyril Allen, born 1963) is the English drummer of Def Leppard since 1978, known as the Thunder God; he lost his left arm in a 1984 car crash and returned in 1986 on a custom electronic pedal kit, later co-founding the Raven Drum Foundation.
Rick and Morty
Rick and Morty: Adult Swim adult animated sci-fi sitcom by Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, premiered December 2, 2013; sociopathic scientist Rick Sanchez and grandson Morty; nine seasons by 2026, recast voices after Roiland's 2023 firing.
Rick and Morty season 3
Rick and Morty season 3: ten-episode 2017 Adult Swim season, April Fools surprise premiere, nearly two-year delay, 14 planned episodes cut to 10, Pickle Rick and Evil Morty, 96% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Rick and Morty season 8
Rick and Morty season 8 (2025) is the eighth season of the Adult Swim animated sci-fi comedy, premiering May 25, 2025, with ten episodes voiced by recast leads Ian Cardoni and Harry Belden under showrunner Scott Marder. It scored 93% on Rotten Tomatoes and drew about 300,000 premiere viewers.
Rick and Morty season 9
Rick and Morty season 9 (2026): ninth season of the Adult Swim animated comedy. Premiered May 24, 2026, 10 weekly episodes ending July 26; streams on HBO Max and Hulu from June 15; 100% on Rotten Tomatoes; cast Ian Cardoni, Harry Belden.
Rick Ankiel
Rick Ankiel (born 1979), former MLB pitcher and outfielder for the Cardinals, Braves, Royals, Nationals, Astros, and Mets; lost control in the 2000 NLDS, converted to outfielder in 2005, hit 76 career home runs.
Rick Astley
Rick Astley (Richard Paul Astley, born 1966) is an English pop singer whose 1987 Stock Aitken Waterman debut single Never Gonna Give You Up topped charts in 25 countries, won a 1988 Brit Award, and later spawned the Rickrolling meme that revived his career, culminating in the 2016 UK No.1 album 50.
Rick Aviles
Rick Aviles (Richard Anthony Aviles, 1952–1995), American stand-up comedian and character actor from New York's Lower East Side; Willie Lopez in Ghost (1990), Quisqueya in Carlito's Way, host of It's Showtime at the Apollo.
Rick Baker
Rick Baker (Richard Alan Baker), American special makeup effects artist; record seven Oscars for Makeup from eleven nominations; first Makeup Oscar winner (1982) for An American Werewolf in London; protégé of Dick Smith; known for Star Wars, Thriller, Men in Black, The Grinch.
Rick Barnes
Rick Barnes (Richard Dale Barnes, born 1954) is an American college basketball coach, head coach at Tennessee since 2015 after George Mason, Providence, Clemson, and Texas; 861-439 career, 2003 Final Four, lifetime contract.
Rick Barry
Rick Barry (Richard Francis Dennis Barry III, born 1944), American Hall of Fame small forward; only player to lead NCAA, NBA, and ABA in scoring; 1975 NBA champion and Finals MVP with Golden State; famous underhand free throws (.900 career).