Published On Aug 1, 2019
The Joker has been one of the Dark Knight's most iconic foes for decades. Everyone knows there's something wrong with the Joker, but is there actually a medical explanation to what makes him tick? Kyle checks into Arkham to investigate in this week's Because Science!
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Learn More:
JOKER INFECTION: https://arkhamcity.fandom.com/wiki/Jo...
PRION: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion
CJD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creutzf...
KURU: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_(d...)
MECHANISMS OF TSES: https://smw.ch/en/article/doi/smw.201...
KURU SORCERY: https://books.google.ie/books?id=f0Ye...