Month: March 2020

SARS-CoV-2

Coronavirus: India’s First Fatality Confirmed in Kalaburagi, Karnataka

A scanning electron microscope image showing SARS-CoV-2 (orange), the...

An inside view of an isolation ward, prepared for coronavirus-affected patients, at Command Hospital

Coronavirus: MEA Advises Against Holding IPL This Year

'But if the organisers want to go ahead, it...

Jaishankar is also expected to call upon Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the External Affairs Ministry said in a statement on Saturday. Photo: PTI

No Respite for Indians Stranded in Locked-Down Italy

Devirupa Mitra 12/03/2020

Most Indians The Wire spoke to wanted to come...

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Molten Iron Is Rain on This Savagely Hot Exoplanet

Will Dunham 12/03/2020

WASP-76b, the new planet, illustrates the exotic nature of...

Health officials cull poultry at Vengeri in Kozhikode, Thursday, March 12, 2020.

Kerala Declares Compensation for Birds Culled in Suspicion of Avian Influenza

The state Cabinet has decided to give a compensation...

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Maybe Unvaccinated People Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Fly

Christopher Robertson and Keith Joiner 12/03/2020

Airlines and airports are key to stopping the spread...

CT-scan-based skull restoration and life reconstruction of the toothed stem bird Ichthyornis dispar, a primitive seabird that prospered about 85 million years ago along the warm, shallow inland sea that once split North America, is shown in this image released on May 2, 2018. Credit: Michael Hanson and Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar/Handout via Reuters

Skull of Smallest-Known Bird Embedded in 99-Million-Year-Old Amber

Will Dunham 12/03/2020

The skull, measuring about half an inch (14.25 mm)...