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42: The Answer to Almost Everything
42: The Answer to Almost Everything

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

9.6 / 10 20211 Seasons
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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.

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Can we dig our way through the Earth?
Can we dig our way through the Earth?
2021-09-04
2
Could We Live on the Moon?
Could We Live on the Moon?
2021-09-11
3
Should we use lotteries instead of elections?
Should we use lotteries instead of elections?
2021-09-18
4
How Much Does Life Weigh?
How Much Does Life Weigh?
2021-09-25
5
Will we move onto the water?
Will we move onto the water?
2021-09-29
6
Can Algorithms Make Us Healthy?
Can Algorithms Make Us Healthy?
2021-09-30
7
What if there were no mucus?
What if there were no mucus?
2021-10-01
8
How do we solve the nuclear waste puzzle?
How do we solve the nuclear waste puzzle?
2021-10-23
9
What if Fear Didn't Exist?
What if Fear Didn't Exist?
2021-10-30
10
What if the ice disappeared?
What if the ice disappeared?
2021-11-06
11
Do We All hear the Same Thing?
Do We All hear the Same Thing?
2021-11-14
12
Are we too pessimistic?
Are we too pessimistic?
2021-11-20
13
Does the Perfect Song Exist?
Does the Perfect Song Exist?
2021-11-27
14
Are we alone in space?
Are we alone in space?
2021-12-05
15
Why Do We Eat What We Eat?
Why Do We Eat What We Eat?
2021-12-11
16
What is the secret of light?
What is the secret of light?
2021-12-12
17
Can we save the trees?
Can we save the trees?
2022-01-08
18
What if dust didn't exist?
What if dust didn't exist?
2022-01-15
19
Geoengineering: Earth's Last Resort
Geoengineering: Earth's Last Resort
2022-01-22
20
Could Algae Save the Planet?
Could Algae Save the Planet?
2022-01-29
21
Will Messenger RNA Save Us From Cancer?
Will Messenger RNA Save Us From Cancer?
2022-02-05
22
Will We Stop Flying?
Will We Stop Flying?
2022-02-12
23
Will We Like Robots?
Will We Like Robots?
2022-02-19
24
The Purpose of Parasites
The Purpose of Parasites
2022-02-26
25
Could We Sleep Less?
Could We Sleep Less?
2022-03-05
26
Are Cryptocurrencies the Future?
Are Cryptocurrencies the Future?
2022-03-12
27
Do We Live in a Black Hole?
Do We Live in a Black Hole?
2022-03-19
28
The Power of Dreams
The Power of Dreams
2022-03-26
29
Where do people migrate to?
Where do people migrate to?
2022-04-30
30
What Do Animals Talk About?
What Do Animals Talk About?
2022-05-07
31
Are we getting dumber?
Are we getting dumber?
2022-05-14
32
Do Computers Have Biases?
Do Computers Have Biases?
2022-05-21
33
How can everyone be fed?
How can everyone be fed?
2022-05-28
34
Are We Doing More Drugs?
Are We Doing More Drugs?
2022-06-04
35
Are We Ready for Mars?
Are We Ready for Mars?
2022-06-11
36
Can we glimpse the afterlife?
Can we glimpse the afterlife?
2022-06-18
37
Could we become immortal?
Could we become immortal?
2022-06-25
38
Could We Live Without Agriculture?
Could We Live Without Agriculture?
2022-07-02
39
How dangerous is space weather?
How dangerous is space weather?
2022-07-09
40
Will we travel to Mars?
Will we travel to Mars?
2022-07-16
41
Can We Create Money from Nothing?
Can We Create Money from Nothing?
2022-07-23
42
How do we end wars?
How do we end wars?
2022-07-30
43
Is Space Being Stolen From Us?
Is Space Being Stolen From Us?
2022-08-05
44
What Power Do Thoughts Have?
What Power Do Thoughts Have?
2022-08-12
45
Can We Trust Ourselves?
Can We Trust Ourselves?
2022-08-19
46
Are we more intelligent in swarms?
Are we more intelligent in swarms?
2022-08-26
47
The Search for a Universal Theory
The Search for a Universal Theory
2022-09-02
48
Can we turn crap into gold?
Can we turn crap into gold?
2022-09-09
49
Are You Psychopathic?
Are You Psychopathic?
2022-09-16
50
How does a wave become rogue?
How does a wave become rogue?
2022-09-23
51
Do We Need Economic Growth?
Do We Need Economic Growth?
2022-10-30
52
Are we gambling away our lives?
Are we gambling away our lives?
2022-11-06
53
Why do we have limits?
Why do we have limits?
2022-11-13
54
Where to Find Perfect Energy?
Where to Find Perfect Energy?
2022-11-20
55
What if sharks disappeared?
What if sharks disappeared?
2022-11-27
56
Are Animals Self-Aware?
Are Animals Self-Aware?
2022-12-04
57
Why do We Fall in Love?
Why do We Fall in Love?
2022-12-09
58
What if nature had a price?
What if nature had a price?
2022-12-10
59
Can we copy our blood?
Can we copy our blood?
2022-12-23
60
Why do we hate?
Why do we hate?
2023-01-08
61
Could We Bring Back the Wooly Mammoth?
Could We Bring Back the Wooly Mammoth?
2023-01-15
62
Can seals go to court?
Can seals go to court?
2023-01-29
63
Do colors manipulate us?
Do colors manipulate us?
2023-02-05
64
Will there be a new 'human species'?
Will there be a new 'human species'?
2023-02-13
65
Is There a Male Fertility Crisis?
Is There a Male Fertility Crisis?
2023-02-19
66
Can Cities Save the World?
Can Cities Save the World?
2023-02-26
67
When the Heavens Rain Down
When the Heavens Rain Down
2023-03-19
68
Do Fungi Rule Us?
Do Fungi Rule Us?
2023-03-24
69
The A***hole Effect
The A***hole Effect
2023-03-19
70
How It All Ends
How It All Ends
2023-03-26
71
When Will the World End?
When Will the World End?
2023-03-31
72
How to Travel Through Time?
How to Travel Through Time?
2023-04-07
73
Mind Reading: A Reality?
Mind Reading: A Reality?
2023-04-14
74
Surviving Our Polluted Planet
Surviving Our Polluted Planet
2023-05-21
75
The Chaos of Chance
The Chaos of Chance
2023-05-28
76
Who Owns the Sea?
Who Owns the Sea?
2023-06-04
77
Do Animals Appreciate Beauty?
Do Animals Appreciate Beauty?
2023-06-05
78
Will a new wind soon blow?
Will a new wind soon blow?
2023-06-18
79
Are we going to disappear beneath the waves?
Are we going to disappear beneath the waves?
2023-06-25
80
Are We All Bisexual?
Are We All Bisexual?
2023-07-02
81
The Advent of Turbo-Evolution
The Advent of Turbo-Evolution
2023-07-09
82
Why do we lose our memory?
Why do we lose our memory?
2023-07-16
83
Humanity's True Nature
Humanity's True Nature
2023-07-23
84
Can We Live Without Electricity?
Can We Live Without Electricity?
2023-07-30
85
What Happens When the Glaciers Disappear?
What Happens When the Glaciers Disappear?
2023-09-03
86
Could We Reach the Stars?
Could We Reach the Stars?
2023-09-10
87
Is Lying Good For Us?
Is Lying Good For Us?
2023-09-17
88
Will we one day be cryogenically frozen?
Will we one day be cryogenically frozen?
2023-09-24
89
Will we run out of sand?
Will we run out of sand?
2023-10-01
90
What's So Funny?
What's So Funny?
2023-10-08
91
The Origin of Life
The Origin of Life
2023-10-15
92
Does Punishment Work?
Does Punishment Work?
2023-10-22
93
What Are Our Imaginations For?
What Are Our Imaginations For?
2023-10-29
94
Can We Trick Our Genes?
Can We Trick Our Genes?
2023-11-05
95
Amasia: The Supercontinent of the Future
Amasia: The Supercontinent of the Future
2023-11-12
96
Do Dogs Really Love Us?
Do Dogs Really Love Us?
2023-11-19
97
Do We Need Corruption?
Do We Need Corruption?
2023-11-26
98
Are Animals Cleverer than Us?
Are Animals Cleverer than Us?
2023-12-03
99
Are Billionaires a Problem?
Are Billionaires a Problem?
2023-12-10
100
How strongly does our mother tongue shape us?
How strongly does our mother tongue shape us?
2023-12-17
101
Do We Live in a Multiverse?
Do We Live in a Multiverse?
2024-01-07
102
Does History Repeat Itself?
Does History Repeat Itself?
2024-01-14
103
Are there too many of us on Earth?
Are there too many of us on Earth?
2024-01-21
104
Is stress good for us?
Is stress good for us?
2024-01-28
105
Do Disasters Make Us Better?
Do Disasters Make Us Better?
2024-02-04
106
Is the Metaverse Real?
Is the Metaverse Real?
2024-02-11
107
Do We All Have a Doppelganger?
Do We All Have a Doppelganger?
2024-02-18
108
Could We Programme Evoluton?
Could We Programme Evoluton?
2024-02-25
109
Is There an Upside to Climate Change?
Is There an Upside to Climate Change?
2024-03-03
110
Do We Need More Utopias?
Do We Need More Utopias?
2024-03-10
111
Can we control clouds?
Can we control clouds?
2024-03-17
112
Does Sugar Make Us Stupid?
Does Sugar Make Us Stupid?
2024-03-24
113
What if the poles reversed again?
What if the poles reversed again?
2024-04-28
114
What power do smells have?
What power do smells have?
2024-05-05
115
Can We Shrink the Economy?
Can We Shrink the Economy?
2024-05-12
116
How Do Plants Live?
How Do Plants Live?
2024-05-19
117
How to Become Popular
How to Become Popular
2024-05-26
118
Do We Need to Have Power?
Do We Need to Have Power?
2024-06-02
119
Should Humans Be Smaller?
Should Humans Be Smaller?
2024-06-09
120
Is AI Out of Control?
Is AI Out of Control?
2024-06-16
121
Are Invasive Species Always a Problem?
Are Invasive Species Always a Problem?
2024-06-23
122
Would We Be Happier Without Happiness?
Would We Be Happier Without Happiness?
2024-06-30
123
Why Do We Cry?
Why Do We Cry?
2024-07-07
124
Could Sea Currents Change?
Could Sea Currents Change?
2024-07-14
125
Could Matriarchy Be the Solution?
Could Matriarchy Be the Solution?
2024-07-21
126
Are Aliens Like Us?
Are Aliens Like Us?
2024-07-28
127
Is Pain Necessary?
Is Pain Necessary?
2024-09-01
128
Do Animals Have Better Societies?
Do Animals Have Better Societies?
2024-09-08
129
How Powerful are Maps?
How Powerful are Maps?
2024-09-15
130
Does Quantum Physics Change Our Reality?
Does Quantum Physics Change Our Reality?
2024-09-22
131
Why Do We Have Less Sex?
Why Do We Have Less Sex?
2024-09-29
132
Has Slavery Made Us Racist?
Has Slavery Made Us Racist?
2024-10-12
133
Why Is Housing So Expensive?
Why Is Housing So Expensive?
2024-10-13
134
Can We Make Friends with Our Enemies?
Can We Make Friends with Our Enemies?
2024-10-20
135
Can We Replace Pollination?
Can We Replace Pollination?
2024-10-26
136
Are We Taking Enough Risks?
Are We Taking Enough Risks?
2024-11-03
137
Who Really Were Our Ancestors?
Who Really Were Our Ancestors?
2024-11-10
138
Is a World Without Violence Possible?
Is a World Without Violence Possible?
2024-11-16
139
Can We Remember Precisely?
Can We Remember Precisely?
2024-11-24
140
What Holds the Universe Together?
What Holds the Universe Together?
2024-12-01
141
Do We Need God?
Do We Need God?
2024-12-08
142
What Protests Work?
What Protests Work?
2025-01-05
143
How do Children Function?
How do Children Function?
2025-01-12
144
Will We Grieve Differently in Future?
Will We Grieve Differently in Future?
2025-01-19
145
Do We Need Weapons for Peace?
Do We Need Weapons for Peace?
2025-01-26
146
What Should We Actually Eat?
What Should We Actually Eat?
2025-01-27
147
Are We Ready for Aliens?
Are We Ready for Aliens?
2025-02-02
148
How Important is Our Microbiome?
How Important is Our Microbiome?
2025-02-16
149
Why Is Wealth So Unfairly Distributed?
Why Is Wealth So Unfairly Distributed?
2025-02-23
150
What Makes Us Depressed?
What Makes Us Depressed?
2025-03-02
151
Does the Perfect Code Exist?
Does the Perfect Code Exist?
2025-03-09
152
Are We Ready for World Government?
Are We Ready for World Government?
2025-03-16
153
Are We Wasting Period Blood?
Are We Wasting Period Blood?
2025-03-23
154
Can We Feel Time?
Can We Feel Time?
2025-03-30
155
How Does Water Create Life?
How Does Water Create Life?
2025-05-04
156
Are Cyborgs the Future?
Are Cyborgs the Future?
2025-05-11
157
Can We Save Truth?
Can We Save Truth?
2025-05-18
158
Can We Cure Addictions?
Can We Cure Addictions?
2025-05-25
159
Are We Too Curious?
Are We Too Curious?
2025-06-01
160
What Did Dinosaurs Really Look Like?
What Did Dinosaurs Really Look Like?
2025-06-08
161
Can We Outwit Viruses?
Can We Outwit Viruses?
2025-06-15
162
Where Does Madness Begin?
Where Does Madness Begin?
2025-06-22
163
Should We Be Bored More Often?
Should We Be Bored More Often?
2025-06-29
164
How Powerful is Disinformation?
How Powerful is Disinformation?
2025-07-06
165
Why Do Civilisations Fall?
Why Do Civilisations Fall?
2025-07-13
166
Should We Argue More?
Should We Argue More?
2025-07-20
167
How Mathematic is the Universe?
How Mathematic is the Universe?
2025-07-27
168
Is The World Better Than We Think?
Is The World Better Than We Think?
2025-08-31
169
How Smart Are the Animals We Eat
How Smart Are the Animals We Eat
2025-09-07
170
Does Failure Help Us Succeed?
Does Failure Help Us Succeed?
2025-09-14
171
Was Stone-Age Man Dumber Than Us?
Was Stone-Age Man Dumber Than Us?
2025-09-21
172
The Age of Fire
The Age of Fire
2025-09-28
173
Why Does Music Move Us?
Why Does Music Move Us?
2025-10-05
174
Optimisation: Is It Making Us Mad?
Optimisation: Is It Making Us Mad?
2025-10-12
175
Is a Superbug Pandemic Coming?
Is a Superbug Pandemic Coming?
2025-10-19
176
Can Humans Hibernate?
Can Humans Hibernate?
2025-10-26
177
Does Society Need Alcohol?
Does Society Need Alcohol?
2025-11-02
178
...We Make Free Decisions?
...We Make Free Decisions?
2025-11-09
179
What was there before the Big Bang?
What was there before the Big Bang?
2025-11-16
180
How Powerful Are Images?
How Powerful Are Images?
2025-11-23
181
How Does the Female Orgasm Work?
How Does the Female Orgasm Work?
2025-11-30
182
Is Space Debris Dangerous for Earth?
Is Space Debris Dangerous for Earth?
2025-12-07
183
Can Our Brains Still Concentrate?
Can Our Brains Still Concentrate?
2025-12-14
184
Why Do We Love Horror?
Why Do We Love Horror?
2026-01-05
185
Does Planet Nine Really Exist?
Does Planet Nine Really Exist?
2026-01-11
186
Are We An Evolutionary Superspecies?
Are We An Evolutionary Superspecies?
2026-01-18
187
Are Wasps Game Changers of Evolution?
Are Wasps Game Changers of Evolution?
2026-01-25
188
Why do we sing?
Why do we sing?
2026-02-01
189
How monogamous are humans?
How monogamous are humans?
2026-02-08
190
Why Do We Love Gold?
Why Do We Love Gold?
2026-02-15
191
Do Emotions Control the Markets?
Do Emotions Control the Markets?
2026-02-22
192
What if life were mirrored?
What if life were mirrored?
2026-03-01
193
Do we need the alpha male?
Do we need the alpha male?
2026-03-08
194
Black Holes: A Future Energy Source?
Black Holes: A Future Energy Source?
2026-03-15
195
Is Brain Washing Possible?
Is Brain Washing Possible?
2026-04-19
196
Why Are We So Competitive?
Why Are We So Competitive?
2026-04-26
197
Do we need siblings?
Do we need siblings?
2026-05-03
198
Episode 198
Episode 198
2026-05-10
199
Episode 199
Episode 199
2026-05-17
200
Episode 200
Episode 200
2026-05-24
9.6 / 10
2021
Max Mönch
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