Professor Julius Kelp er en nørdet klodsmajor, men en dag opfinder han en eliksir der mirakuløst forvandler ham til den charmerende pigemagnet Buddy Love. Men problemet er, Buddy kan ikke kontrollere hvornår han bliver Julius igen, og det sker altid på det værste tidspunkt.
En militær rumsonde falder ned i nærheden af en lille by i New Mexico. Et hold soldater bliver sendt ud for at hente den hjem, men man hører intet fra dem. Det viser sig, at sonden har haft "noget" med fra rummet. Hvad det end er - en sygdom, eller en organisme - så har det slået alle byens beboere ihjel. Undtagen to: En gammel man og en baby. Et hold forskere bliver samlet i et tophemmeligt laboratorium i Nevada for at finde ud af, hvad der er sket. Men tiden er knap og hele menneskeheden er i fare.
På slottet Møllenborg har Tournesol sat sig for at finde en løsning på den globale hungersnød. En spansk kollega, professor Zalamea, sender ham en selvlysende blå appelsin, som kan gro i selv den mest golde ørken. Men da vidunderfrugten bliver stjålet fra slottet, må Tintin, Terry og Haddock slå Tournesol følge til Spanien. Her ligger skumle skurke på lur for at kidnappe begge professorer.
In the 1950s, Elizabeth Zott's dream of being a scientist is challenged by a society that says women belong in the domestic sphere. She accepts a job on a TV cooking show and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives way more than recipes.
Yaemori Alice is a chef with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) whose favorite phrase is “Cooking is chemistry.” She’s not good at communicating with people, but has an amazing memory, and holds a vast amount of knowledge, especially in her favorite subject, chemistry. A mysterious young man called Sakae Kousei shows up at the popular restaurant “Alice no Okate” looking for a live-in part time job, which is run by Alice’s childhood friend. Although Kousei seems abrasive and unfriendly, he is kind at heart, and though at first he is confused by Alice’s actions and words, he gradually comes to support her. Under the watchful eye of her protective father Shingo, an openly gay university professor, Alice works at her own pace and warms everyone’s hearts with delicious food. However, there is a big secret about her upbringing and her family that even she herself didn’t know about.
Hank does his best to convince us that chemistry is not torture, but is instead the amazing and beautiful science of stuff.
A nine part television series, produced by J.C. Crimmins for PBS. Music composed, arranged and performed by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays. The stated purpose of “The Search for Solutions” is to stimulate interest in science and technology, primarily among the young. The film comprises nine 18-minute sections touching on various aspects of scientific inquiry that its makers say can be shown as a whole, as it is in this engagement, or in any combination of its parts.
We'll tackle the notoriously complicated subject of organic chemistry, and hopefully have some fun along the way!
Continental Classroom is a series of college credit courses that ran on NBC from October 6, 1958 to 1963.
