Kuru: The Science and The Sorcery follows Australian scientist, Michael Alpers, deep into the jungles of Papua New Guinea; into a mysterious world of sorcery, cannibalism and tribal conflict. Stranger than fiction, the research into kuru reveals a chain of discoveries, which turned scientific understandings upside down and resulted in two Nobel prizes. It's a medical detective story that links strange animal diseases to terrifying fatal human diseases; and links all humans to a remote past of cannibal practices.