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Searching for the Fountain of Youth

Lecture given by Dr. Joe Schwarcz

Of Mistletoe, Frankincense and Myrrh

24 Dec 2025

Mistletoe has had a certain mystique about it since ancient times, probably on account of the curious way it grows.  The plant is a “hemiparasite,” meaning that it can either grow in soil, or, more...

A Myrrhy Christmas

18 Dec 2018

Both frankincense and myrrh are natural exudates of certain trees found in the Middle East. When the bark is injured, a sap containing a variety of natural fungicides and bactericides oozes out and...

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