scientist occupation theme

A scientist is engaged in their chosen occupation.

160 total · 22 major · 138 minor

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ahh2x20 major James was a psychology professor with an interest, allegedly academic, in spouse murder.
columbo1971e3x06 major The viewer is shown the day-to-day activities of various scientists at the high-tech Pentagon research institute where the story is mainly set.
columbo1971e4x06 major Mark and his colleague, Anita, were conducting research into the manipulation of human behavior. This involved wearing lab coats, conducting stereotypical mouse in a maze experiments, and experimental work on hypnotic suggestion in humans.
movie: Evolution (2001) major The story follows the local college science professors Ira Kane and Harry Block as they study newly discovered, fast-evolving extraterrestrial microbes that had hitched a ride to Earth on a meteor.
movie: Frankenstein (2025) major Victor Frankenstein was pioneering the reanimation of dead bodies through the simple expedient of sending lightning mediated electric currents through their lymphatic systems.
movie: Hollow Man (2000) major The viewer is shown a stereotyped view of what it might be like for a team of scientists to work on developing an invisibility serum in a government lab.
movie: Life Returns (1935) major The story followed a scientist (Dr. Frederick) as he tried to prove his theory that the dead can be brought back to life.
movie: My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988) major The radar astronomer Steven Mills was fired from his job at a government SETI institute after he nearly blew up the place by harnessing lightning from a passing thunderstorm to boost the power of the Klystron machine he was using. Aliens later got him rehired. [astronomy]
movie: ROTOR (1987) major The story follows a scientist who runs the police robotics lab that is working on developing a a robot police officer.
movie: Rubbers Lover (1996) major The film follows the deranged scientists Hitotsubashi and Shimika as they conduct experiments on human test subjects in an efforts to uncover a link between a mind-altering drug and some unspecified psychic power.