Mia Shanley

Mia Shanley works from Dallas, TX. A Californian and digital nomad setting up shop in Dallas, Texas. Seasoned ex-Reuters correspondent open for freelance work. Mia Shanley has over 670 followers on Twitter.

Nobel prize for discovery of brain’s internal GPS

Article Mia Shanley - 6 Oct 2014

The discovery solves the problem of how the brain creates a map of the space surrounding us and how we navigate our way through a complex environment.

Twin blasts hit Sweden

Article Mia Shanley & Patrick Lannin - 12 Dec 2010

In what Sweden's government is calling a terrorist attack, a man was killed in a blast with threats referencing controversial cartoons and Afghanistan.

Americans, British-Cypriot win 2010 economics Nobel

Article Mia Shanley & Patrick Lannin - 11 Oct 2010

A British-Cypriot and two Americans won the 2010 economics Nobel on Monday for work helping explain unemployment and job markets.

Test-tube baby pioneer wins Nobel prize

Article Mia Shanley - 4 Oct 2010

British physiologist Robert Edwards, whose work led to the first "test-tube baby", has won the 2010 Nobel prize for medicine.

WikiLeaks builds a legal shield in Sweden

Article Mia Shanley - 26 Aug 2010

Two young Swedes hammer away at computers in a space that is part garage, part college dorm, littered with cables and Coke cans.

Press Releases

Special Reports

World Aids Day

special reports - 4 Dec 2020

Huge strides have been made, but the fight against HIV is far from over, and Covid-19 has disrupted testing and treatments

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How to get the most money for your old iPhone towards a new one

special reports - 4 Dec 2020

Cash in your old iPhone to upgrade to a new one or get a reduced rate on your monthly contract from your service provider

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Gender-Based Violence

special reports - 4 Dec 2020

In South Africa, women live in fear. It’s difficult to speak out against the patriarchal system, but many have done so, and continue to do so

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POWER Business #OnTheMoney talks to Risenga Maluleke, South African Statistician-General

special reports - 4 Dec 2020

If Stats SA is to really have timely data that’s accurate and remains relevant then we need to make sure that the institution is strengthened

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Dr Sumy Thomas: Deciphering the human puzzle, from the inside out

special reports - 4 Dec 2020

The Discovery Foundation MGH Fellowship Award recipient for 2020 will focus on internal medicine, particularly the endocrine system of patients affected by HIV

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Touching lives through innovation

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

Africa has a high youth population that adapts to technology quickly, and this phenomenon is something which should be taken advantage of

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Festive Reading

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

In The Whistleblowers, Mandy Wiener talks to a wide range of the people who have revealed corruption and malfeasance in government and business

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Centre for Women & Gender Studies

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

The CWGS aims to resuscitate the histories of African women from all walks of life in an intellectual cleansing/ukuhlambulula of her story