For several years, the Mediterranean diet has been ranked the No. 1 diet by U.S. News and World Report, winning praise from experts for its proven health benefits—particularly heart health—and ...

An international team of researchers has sequenced the first complete genome of an Iberian farmer, which is also the first ancient genome from the entire Mediterranean area. This new genome allows to ...

Bay Area gardeners figure out quickly that we have a glorious climate for plants. Ours is, in fact, a botanical paradise. Our Mediterranean climate is shared with only 2 percent of the Earth's ...

Paradoxically, in Mediterranean countries like Spain, the population's vitamin D levels are lower than in northern European countries like Finland, UK, Iceland, Sweden and Ireland, which carry out ...

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The Turkish geological survey vessel Oruç Reis continued to chart an area in the eastern Mediterranean claimed by both Greece and Turkey following the 12 August collision of frigates from the two ...

The ‘Arab spring’ is a call for freedom and democracy. It is also a call for jobs, civic responsibility and a better life. The EU’s response must seek to meet these aspirations. If it does so, it will ...