79: The Laughing Death

There was a curious disease found in New Guinea, that caused a very odd pattern of deaths. The reason for the outbreak turned out to be very simple, but you won’t believe it...You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our Patreon:http://patreon.com/SciGuys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Facebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPodReferences and Further Reading  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6466359/ https://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/all-disorders/kuru-information-page https://text.npr.org/s.php?sId=482952588 https://www.cdc.gov/prions/index.html https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/creutzfeldt-jakob-disease-cjd/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-a-prion-specifica/ https://www.cdc.gov/prions/bse/index.html https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/animal-health-literacy/all-about-bse-mad-cow-disease https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/0-387-21755-X_3 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20948292/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25131595/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24189576/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28109329/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18558863/ https://people.howstuffworks.com/cannibalism8.htm https://www.businessinsider.com/why-self-cannibalism-is-bad-idea-2018-5?amp&r=US&IR=T https://www.nature.com/articles/srep44707/tables/2 https://www.wired.co.uk/article/lab-grown-human-meat-cannibalism https://api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/news/2017/02/cannibalism-common-natural-history-bill-schutt Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth