http://www.metafilter.com/tags/microbiologists Posts tagged with 'microbiologists' at MetaFilter. Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:07:07 -0800 Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:07:07 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/38629/Who%2Dis%2Dkilling%2Doff%2Dthe%2Dmicrobiologists <a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Jeong++Im&amp;btnG=Search+News">Yet another dead microbiologist.</a> Why was Joeng Im of the University of Missouri, a 72 year old protein chemist, stabbed to death, stuffed in the trunk of his car, and burned? Was it a random act of violence? Was it a former student bent on revenge? Or is this biologist merely following in the footsteps of 40 other microbiologists and other scientists who have mysteriously died in the past 4 years? Scientists like <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2003/david_kelly_inquiry/default.stm">David Kelly</a>, <a href="http://www.ellisctaylor.homestead.com/anotherdeadscientistguestRT.html">Steven Mostow</a>, <a href="http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,9830,649527,00.html">Ian Langford</a>, <a href="http://www.ha.osd.mil/afeb/greats/shope_eulogy.cfm">, <a href="http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2001/11.29/02-wiley.html">Don C. Wiley</a>, <a href="http://nai.arc.nasa.gov/astrobio/features/wynn_williams_letter.cfm">David Wynn-Williams</a>, <a href="http://deltafarmpress.com/mag/farming_lsu_mosquito_michael/">Michael Perich</a>, <a href="http://www.infinite-energy.com/whoarewe/gene.html">Gene Mallove</a>, and dozens of other scientists? Is it too <a href="http://www.datanation.com/fallacies/hasty.htm">presumptuous</a>, too "<a href="http://www.rense.com/general24/exk.htm">tinfoil hat</a>" to suppose that someone is killing off the microbiologists of the world, for some nefarious purpose?</a> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.38629 Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:07:07 -0800 brokenlink deaths microbiologists murders scientists Sir Mildred Pierce