Category: Science Controversies

• The Death of Eugene Mallove

  Eugene Mallove was an MIT-trained engineer, science writer, former MIT chief science writer, and one of the best-known public advocates of cold fusion and related “new energy” research. He was beaten to death in Norwich, Connecticut, on May 14, 2004, while clearing out a family-owned rental property. Because he had spent years arguing that mainstream institutions had suppressed cold fusion, his murder immediately became the subject of speculation that he had been silenced for his work, even as the criminal case later centered on a violent local dispute tied to the property.