42: The Answer to Almost Everything
What would we be without mucus? Can we live on water? How much does life weigh? Finding out the answers is the aim of ARTE's new science show. In a nod to Douglas Adams's "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", where the figure 42 is the ultimate answer to all questions, 42 tries to provide the answers.
Episodes
Can we dig our way through the Earth?
Sep 04, 2021
Could We Live on the Moon?
Sep 11, 2021
Should we use lotteries instead of elections?
Sep 18, 2021
How Much Does Life Weigh?
Sep 25, 2021
Will we move onto the water?
Sep 29, 2021
Can Algorithms Make Us Healthy?
Sep 30, 2021
What if there were no mucus?
Oct 01, 2021
How do we solve the nuclear waste puzzle?
Oct 23, 2021
What if Fear Didn't Exist?
Oct 30, 2021
What if the ice disappeared?
Nov 06, 2021
Do We All hear the Same Thing?
Nov 14, 2021
Are we too pessimistic?
Nov 20, 2021
Does the Perfect Song Exist?
Nov 27, 2021
Are we alone in space?
Dec 05, 2021
Why Do We Eat What We Eat?
Dec 11, 2021
What is the secret of light?
Dec 12, 2021
Can we save the trees?
Jan 08, 2022
What if dust didn't exist?
Jan 15, 2022
Geoengineering: Earth's Last Resort
Jan 22, 2022
Could Algae Save the Planet?
Jan 29, 2022
Will Messenger RNA Save Us From Cancer?
Feb 05, 2022
Will We Stop Flying?
Feb 12, 2022
Will We Like Robots?
Feb 19, 2022
The Purpose of Parasites
Feb 26, 2022
Could We Sleep Less?
Mar 05, 2022
Are Cryptocurrencies the Future?
Mar 12, 2022
Do We Live in a Black Hole?
Mar 19, 2022
The Power of Dreams
Mar 26, 2022
Where do people migrate to?
Apr 30, 2022
What Do Animals Talk About?
May 07, 2022
Are we getting dumber?
May 14, 2022
Do Computers Have Biases?
May 21, 2022
How can everyone be fed?
May 28, 2022
Are We Doing More Drugs?
Jun 04, 2022
Are We Ready for Mars?
Jun 11, 2022
Can we glimpse the afterlife?
Jun 18, 2022
Could we become immortal?
Jun 25, 2022
Could We Live Without Agriculture?
Jul 02, 2022
How dangerous is space weather?
Jul 09, 2022
Will we travel to Mars?
Jul 16, 2022
Can We Create Money from Nothing?
Jul 23, 2022
How do we end wars?
Jul 30, 2022
Is Space Being Stolen From Us?
Aug 05, 2022
What Power Do Thoughts Have?
Aug 12, 2022
Can We Trust Ourselves?
Aug 19, 2022
Are we more intelligent in swarms?
Aug 26, 2022
The Search for a Universal Theory
Sep 02, 2022
Can we turn crap into gold?
Sep 09, 2022
Are You Psychopathic?
Sep 16, 2022
How does a wave become rogue?
Sep 23, 2022
Do We Need Economic Growth?
Oct 30, 2022
Are we gambling away our lives?
Nov 06, 2022
Why do we have limits?
Nov 13, 2022
Where to Find Perfect Energy?
Nov 20, 2022
What if sharks disappeared?
Nov 27, 2022
Are Animals Self-Aware?
Dec 04, 2022
Why do We Fall in Love?
Dec 09, 2022
What if nature had a price?
Dec 10, 2022
Can we copy our blood?
Dec 23, 2022
Why do we hate?
Jan 08, 2023
Could We Bring Back the Wooly Mammoth?
Jan 15, 2023
Can seals go to court?
Jan 29, 2023
Do colors manipulate us?
Feb 05, 2023
Will there be a new 'human species'?
Feb 13, 2023
Is There a Male Fertility Crisis?
Feb 19, 2023
Can Cities Save the World?
Feb 26, 2023
When the Heavens Rain Down
Mar 19, 2023
Do Fungi Rule Us?
Mar 24, 2023
The A***hole Effect
Mar 19, 2023
How It All Ends
Mar 26, 2023
When Will the World End?
Mar 31, 2023
How to Travel Through Time?
Apr 07, 2023
Mind Reading: A Reality?
Apr 14, 2023
Surviving Our Polluted Planet
May 21, 2023
The Chaos of Chance
May 28, 2023
Who Owns the Sea?
Jun 04, 2023
Do Animals Appreciate Beauty?
Jun 05, 2023
Will a new wind soon blow?
Jun 18, 2023
Are we going to disappear beneath the waves?
Jun 25, 2023
Are We All Bisexual?
Jul 02, 2023
The Advent of Turbo-Evolution
Jul 09, 2023
Why do we lose our memory?
Jul 16, 2023
Humanity's True Nature
Jul 23, 2023
Can We Live Without Electricity?
Jul 30, 2023
What Happens When the Glaciers Disappear?
Sep 03, 2023
Could We Reach the Stars?
Sep 10, 2023
Is Lying Good For Us?
Sep 17, 2023
Will we one day be cryogenically frozen?
Sep 24, 2023
Will we run out of sand?
Oct 01, 2023
What's So Funny?
Oct 08, 2023
The Origin of Life
Oct 15, 2023
Does Punishment Work?
Oct 22, 2023
What Are Our Imaginations For?
Oct 29, 2023
Can We Trick Our Genes?
Nov 05, 2023
Amasia: The Supercontinent of the Future
Nov 12, 2023
Do Dogs Really Love Us?
Nov 19, 2023
Do We Need Corruption?
Nov 26, 2023
Are Animals Cleverer than Us?
Dec 03, 2023
Are Billionaires a Problem?
Dec 10, 2023
How strongly does our mother tongue shape us?
Dec 17, 2023
Do We Live in a Multiverse?
Jan 07, 2024
Does History Repeat Itself?
Jan 14, 2024
Are there too many of us on Earth?
Jan 21, 2024
Is stress good for us?
Jan 28, 2024
Do Disasters Make Us Better?
Feb 04, 2024
Is the Metaverse Real?
Feb 11, 2024
Do We All Have a Doppelganger?
Feb 18, 2024
Could We Programme Evoluton?
Feb 25, 2024
Is There an Upside to Climate Change?
Mar 03, 2024
Do We Need More Utopias?
Mar 10, 2024
Can we control clouds?
Mar 17, 2024
Does Sugar Make Us Stupid?
Mar 24, 2024
What if the poles reversed again?
Apr 28, 2024
What power do smells have?
May 05, 2024
Can We Shrink the Economy?
May 12, 2024
How Do Plants Live?
May 19, 2024
How to Become Popular
May 26, 2024
Do We Need to Have Power?
Jun 02, 2024
Should Humans Be Smaller?
Jun 09, 2024
Is AI Out of Control?
Jun 16, 2024
Are Invasive Species Always a Problem?
Jun 23, 2024
Would We Be Happier Without Happiness?
Jun 30, 2024
Why Do We Cry?
Jul 07, 2024
Could Sea Currents Change?
Jul 14, 2024
Could Matriarchy Be the Solution?
Jul 21, 2024
Are Aliens Like Us?
Jul 28, 2024
Is Pain Necessary?
Sep 01, 2024
Do Animals Have Better Societies?
Sep 08, 2024
How Powerful are Maps?
Sep 15, 2024
Does Quantum Physics Change Our Reality?
Sep 22, 2024
Why Do We Have Less Sex?
Sep 29, 2024
Has Slavery Made Us Racist?
Oct 12, 2024
Why Is Housing So Expensive?
Oct 13, 2024
Can We Make Friends with Our Enemies?
Oct 20, 2024
Can We Replace Pollination?
Oct 26, 2024
Are We Taking Enough Risks?
Nov 03, 2024
Who Really Were Our Ancestors?
Nov 10, 2024
Is a World Without Violence Possible?
Nov 16, 2024
Can We Remember Precisely?
Nov 24, 2024
What Holds the Universe Together?
Dec 01, 2024
Do We Need God?
Dec 08, 2024
What Protests Work?
Jan 05, 2025
How do Children Function?
Jan 12, 2025
Will We Grieve Differently in Future?
Jan 19, 2025
Do We Need Weapons for Peace?
Jan 26, 2025
What Should We Actually Eat?
Jan 27, 2025
Are We Ready for Aliens?
Feb 02, 2025
How Important is Our Microbiome?
Feb 16, 2025
Why Is Wealth So Unfairly Distributed?
Feb 23, 2025
What Makes Us Depressed?
Mar 02, 2025
Does the Perfect Code Exist?
Mar 09, 2025
Are We Ready for World Government?
Mar 16, 2025
Are We Wasting Period Blood?
Mar 23, 2025
Can We Feel Time?
Mar 30, 2025
How Does Water Create Life?
May 04, 2025
Are Cyborgs the Future?
May 11, 2025
Can We Save Truth?
May 18, 2025
Can We Cure Addictions?
May 25, 2025
Are We Too Curious?
Jun 01, 2025
What Did Dinosaurs Really Look Like?
Jun 08, 2025
Can We Outwit Viruses?
Jun 15, 2025
Where Does Madness Begin?
Jun 22, 2025
Should We Be Bored More Often?
Jun 29, 2025
How Powerful is Disinformation?
Jul 06, 2025
Why Do Civilisations Fall?
Jul 13, 2025
Should We Argue More?
Jul 20, 2025
How Mathematic is the Universe?
Jul 27, 2025
Is The World Better Than We Think?
Aug 31, 2025
How Smart Are the Animals We Eat
Sep 07, 2025
Does Failure Help Us Succeed?
Sep 14, 2025
Was Stone-Age Man Dumber Than Us?
Sep 21, 2025
The Age of Fire
Sep 28, 2025
Why Does Music Move Us?
Oct 05, 2025
Optimisation: Is It Making Us Mad?
Oct 12, 2025
Is a Superbug Pandemic Coming?
Oct 19, 2025
Can Humans Hibernate?
Oct 26, 2025
Does Society Need Alcohol?
Nov 02, 2025
...We Make Free Decisions?
Nov 09, 2025
What was there before the Big Bang?
Nov 16, 2025
How Powerful Are Images?
Nov 23, 2025
How Does the Female Orgasm Work?
Nov 30, 2025
Is Space Debris Dangerous for Earth?
Dec 07, 2025
Can Our Brains Still Concentrate?
Dec 14, 2025
Why Do We Love Horror?
Jan 05, 2026
Does Planet Nine Really Exist?
Jan 11, 2026
Are We An Evolutionary Superspecies?
Jan 18, 2026
Are Wasps Game Changers of Evolution?
Jan 25, 2026
Why do we sing?
Feb 01, 2026
How monogamous are humans?
Feb 08, 2026
Why Do We Love Gold?
Feb 15, 2026
Do Emotions Control the Markets?
Feb 22, 2026
What if life were mirrored?
Mar 01, 2026
Do we need the alpha male?
Mar 08, 2026
Black Holes: A Future Energy Source?
Mar 15, 2026
Is Brain Washing Possible?
Apr 19, 2026
Why Are We So Competitive?
Apr 26, 2026
Do we need siblings?
May 03, 2026
Has Globalisation Failed?
May 10, 2026
How does trash change the world?
May 17, 2026
Is vacation really relaxing?
May 24, 2026
Can we change?
May 31, 2026
Is there a second Earth waiting in space?
Jun 07, 2026
Can AI Feel Us?
Jun 14, 2026
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