Topic: Richmond

'Richmond', and you think of a place in England, Tasmania, or even that suburb of Melbourne, but here lies a surprise for the intrepid fossil and dinosaur explorer. Visitors to the outback from other smaller countries, often underestimate the distances one has ...

Arenicola cristata

Species Name: Arenicola cristata. Synonomy: Arenicola (Pteroscolex) antillensis Lutken 1864 Arenicola bombayensis Kewalramani, Wagh & Ranade 1959. Species Description: The lugworm, Arenicola cristata, is a large cigar-shaped polychaete with 17 setae-bearing segments (Voss 1980). Eleven pairs of bushy red gills cover the ...

Genes may explain why churchgoers drink, smoke less: report

NEW YORK (Reuters Life! ) - Churchgoers drink and smoke less than adults who spend their Sundays elsewhere but a U.S. study had found it may not be church attendance itself that explains this -- it could be their genes.The study of ...

Friendship May Lie in the Genes

8/9/2007 Print E-mail As people mature, genetic factors may strongly influence who they choose as their friends, a U.S. study finds.. "As we grow and move out of our home environment, our genetically influenced temperament becomes more and more important in influencing ...
Researchers have discovered a gene difference that may explain why pregnant African-American women have more than twice the risk of premature delivery compared to women of European origin.. Jerome Strauss at the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, US, and colleagues discovered that ...