Besætningen på rumskibet Covenant er på vej til en afsidesliggende planet på den anden side af galaksen, da de opdager, hvad de tror er et uopdaget paradis. Planeten viser sig dog hurtigt at være et mørkt og farefuldt sted, og alt andet end paradis de havde forestillet sig. Da de opdager en trussel, der overgår deres mørkets fantasier, bliver de tvunget til et desperat flugtforsøg fra planeten.
Et hold forskere rejser gennem universet i rumskibet Prometheus på en tur, der har til formål at udforske fremmede livsformer i rummet. Da de finder en mørk og mystisk hule (og om muligt en ny livsform), er lykken gjort, men den viser sig at være kort. Forskerholdet ender nu som strandet på en fremmed planet i det mørkeste hjørne af universet, og imens de må kæmpe for deres overlevelse, går det op for dem, at rædslerne ikke blot er en trussel mod dem selv, men en trussel mod hele menneskeheden.
First-year high schooler Midori Asakusa loves anime so much, she insists that "concept is everything" in animation. While she spends her time doodling endless ideas and settings in her sketchbook, she hasn't taken the first step to creating anime, insisting that she can't do it alone. After Asakusa's money-loving best friend Sayaka Kanamori notices her genius and drive – and when it becomes clear that their classmate and charismatic fashion model Tsubame Mizusaki wants to be an animator – the energetic trio start an animation club. Together, the three aim to realize the "ultimate world" that exists in their minds, as they come to see the power that fiction and imagination have on their lives and the world around them.
The four Johnson brothers have inherited the powers of the Norse gods. Because the gods lived eons ago, however, time has diluted the powers. The unique ability that each brother possesses isn't very strong, and they still have the same desires and faults that mortals do. Their lives include sibling rivalry, trying to get girls, and hanging out; but they also want to be stronger, and so they embark on a quest to fulfill an ancient prophecy in hope of gaining the full strength of their abilities.
Michael Mosley takes an informative and ambitious journey exploring how the evolution of scientific understanding is intimately interwoven with society's historical path
