By Vladimir Chlouba, Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond
Democracy in Africa has not had a good year. Military juntas from
Mali to Niger appear to have cemented their grip on power. Sudan’s democratic dreams were dashed when the country’s
two most powerful strongmen opted for war. And there’s now evidence that ordinary Africans may be losing faith in democracy as the best…
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By Laura Tensen, Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Copenhagen
Research exploring how leopards evolved has found that South African leopards are descended from an ice age a million years ago.
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By Jacobo García Queiruga, Profesor Interino en el Área de Optometría (OD, MSc, PhD), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Verónica Noya Padín, Investigadora predoctoral - Área de Optometría, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Nowadays you can buy a cheap pair of sunglasses just about anywhere – from supermarkets and petrol stations to corner shops and online fashion retailers, but such ubiquity may prompt doubts as to the protection they can offer. While their lenses usually meet certain minimum UV protection requirements, their quality in other respects, such as visual clarity, is dismal.
Opticians, however, are governed by national health regulations, meaning that they have to meet higher standards such as the
CE…
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