![Photo credit: Lee Berger et al. "Homo Naledi Figure 2".](https://i2.wp.com/www.gaiamanco.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/F2.large_.jpg?resize=470%2C140)
On the 10th of September the existence of the Homo Naledi was revealed to the world. The remains of a hitherto unknown relative of the…
![Accidentally in Joburg](https://i2.wp.com/www.gaiamanco.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Accidentally-in-Joburg-coverart.png?resize=470%2C140)
With more than 1200 “listenings” to date, I ended the first season of Accidentally in Joburg. Find all the episodes here: http://www.spreaker.com/show/accidentally-in-joburg And the website, with…
![Blogger + editor at Le Donne Visibili](https://i0.wp.com/www.gaiamanco.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-26-at-6.26.15-PM.png?resize=470%2C140)
Le Donne Visibili is more than a blog: it is a meeting point for women who want to be seen and heard politically and professionally….
![Article on a new malaria vaccine](https://i1.wp.com/www.gaiamanco.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/malaria_dw5.jpg?resize=470%2C140)
Figures from the World Health Organization suggest that malaria infects more than 200 million people every year – causing 700,000 deaths around the world. About…
![Report on a new malaria vaccine on DW](https://i0.wp.com/www.gaiamanco.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/malaria_dw1.jpg?resize=470%2C140)
Eleven research centers in Africa are completing the testing of a malaria vaccine, which, if approved and introduced to the market, could reduce the number…
![Back to production: Junges Leipzig](http://www.gaiamanco.net/wp/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
I’m proud to present the first of a series of short films that I am creating with film-maker Alina Cyranek about the city of Leipzig…
![Worldskills 2013 Radio report by Gaia Manco for Deutsche Welle](https://i0.wp.com/www.gaiamanco.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dw_worldskills_grab1.jpg?resize=470%2C140)
Last week, more than a thousand skilled apprentices competed against each other for the gold medal in their trade – everything from car painting to…