42: The Answer to Almost Everything
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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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Season 1Season 1211 episodes
- S01E01Can we dig our way through the Earth? 4.02021-09-04✓
- S01E02Could We Live on the Moon? 3.52021-09-11✓
- S01E03Should we use lotteries instead of elections?2021-09-18
- S01E04How Much Does Life Weigh?2021-09-25
- S01E05Will we move onto the water?2021-09-29
- S01E06Can Algorithms Make Us Healthy?2021-09-30
- S01E07What if there were no mucus? 4.02021-10-01
- S01E08How do we solve the nuclear waste puzzle?2021-10-23
- S01E09What if Fear Didn't Exist?2021-10-30
- S01E10What if the ice disappeared?2021-11-06
- S01E11Do We All hear the Same Thing? 3.52021-11-14
- S01E12Are we too pessimistic?2021-11-20
- S01E13Does the Perfect Song Exist? 4.02021-11-27
- S01E14Are we alone in space? 4.02021-12-05
- S01E15Why Do We Eat What We Eat?2021-12-11
- S01E16What is the secret of light?2021-12-12
- S01E17Can we save the trees?2022-01-08
- S01E18What if dust didn't exist?2022-01-15
- S01E19Geoengineering: Earth's Last Resort 4.02022-01-22
- S01E20Could Algae Save the Planet? 4.02022-01-29
- S01E21Will Messenger RNA Save Us From Cancer? 4.02022-02-05
- S01E22Will We Stop Flying?2022-02-12
- S01E23Will We Like Robots?2022-02-19
- S01E24The Purpose of Parasites 5.02022-02-26
- S01E25Could We Sleep Less?2022-03-05
- S01E26Are Cryptocurrencies the Future?2022-03-12
- S01E27Do We Live in a Black Hole?2022-03-19
- S01E28The Power of Dreams2022-03-26
- S01E29Where do people migrate to?2022-04-30
- S01E30What Do Animals Talk About?2022-05-07
- S01E31Are we getting dumber?2022-05-14
- S01E32Do Computers Have Biases?2022-05-21
- S01E33How can everyone be fed?2022-05-28
- S01E34Are We Doing More Drugs? 4.02022-06-04
- S01E35Are We Ready for Mars?2022-06-11
- S01E36Can we glimpse the afterlife?2022-06-18
- S01E37Could we become immortal?2022-06-25
- S01E38Could We Live Without Agriculture?2022-07-02
- S01E39How dangerous is space weather?2022-07-09
- S01E40Will we travel to Mars?2022-07-16
- S01E41Can We Create Money from Nothing? 5.02022-07-23
- S01E42How do we end wars?2022-07-30
- S01E43Is Space Being Stolen From Us?2022-08-05
- S01E44What Power Do Thoughts Have?2022-08-12
- S01E45Can We Trust Ourselves?2022-08-19
- S01E46Are we more intelligent in swarms?2022-08-26
- S01E47The Search for a Universal Theory2022-09-02
- S01E48Can we turn crap into gold?2022-09-09
- S01E49Are You Psychopathic?2022-09-16
- S01E50How does a wave become rogue?2022-09-23
- S01E51Do We Need Economic Growth?2022-10-30
- S01E52Are we gambling away our lives?2022-11-06
- S01E53Why do we have limits?2022-11-13
- S01E54Where to Find Perfect Energy?2022-11-20
- S01E55What if sharks disappeared?2022-11-27
- S01E56Are Animals Self-Aware?2022-12-04
- S01E57Why do We Fall in Love?2022-12-09
- S01E58What if nature had a price?2022-12-10
- S01E59Can we copy our blood?2022-12-23
- S01E60Why do we hate?2023-01-08
- S01E61Could We Bring Back the Wooly Mammoth?2023-01-15
- S01E62Can seals go to court?2023-01-29
- S01E63Do colors manipulate us?2023-02-05
- S01E64Will there be a new 'human species'?2023-02-13
- S01E65Is There a Male Fertility Crisis?2023-02-19
- S01E66Can Cities Save the World?2023-02-26
- S01E67When the Heavens Rain Down2023-03-19
- S01E68Do Fungi Rule Us?2023-03-24
- S01E69The A***hole Effect2023-03-19
- S01E70How It All Ends2023-03-26
- S01E71When Will the World End?2023-03-31
- S01E72How to Travel Through Time?2023-04-07
- S01E73Mind Reading: A Reality?2023-04-14
- S01E74Surviving Our Polluted Planet2023-05-21
- S01E75The Chaos of Chance2023-05-28
- S01E76Who Owns the Sea?2023-06-04
- S01E77Do Animals Appreciate Beauty?2023-06-05
- S01E78Will a new wind soon blow?2023-06-18
- S01E79Are we going to disappear beneath the waves?2023-06-25
- S01E80Are We All Bisexual?2023-07-02
- S01E81The Advent of Turbo-Evolution2023-07-09
- S01E82Why do we lose our memory?2023-07-16
- S01E83Humanity's True Nature2023-07-23
- S01E84Can We Live Without Electricity? 3.52023-07-30
- S01E85What Happens When the Glaciers Disappear?2023-09-03
- S01E86Could We Reach the Stars?2023-09-10
- S01E87Is Lying Good For Us?2023-09-17
- S01E88Will we one day be cryogenically frozen?2023-09-24
- S01E89Will we run out of sand?2023-10-01
- S01E90What's So Funny?2023-10-08
- S01E91The Origin of Life2023-10-15
- S01E92Does Punishment Work?2023-10-22
- S01E93What Are Our Imaginations For?2023-10-29
- S01E94Can We Trick Our Genes?2023-11-05
- S01E95Amasia: The Supercontinent of the Future2023-11-12
- S01E96Do Dogs Really Love Us?2023-11-19
- S01E97Do We Need Corruption?2023-11-26
- S01E98Are Animals Cleverer than Us?2023-12-03
- S01E99Are Billionaires a Problem?2023-12-10
- S01E100How strongly does our mother tongue shape us?2023-12-17
- S01E101Do We Live in a Multiverse?2024-01-07
- S01E102Does History Repeat Itself?2024-01-14
- S01E103Are there too many of us on Earth?2024-01-21
- S01E104Is stress good for us?2024-01-28
- S01E105Do Disasters Make Us Better?2024-02-04
- S01E106Is the Metaverse Real?2024-02-11
- S01E107Do We All Have a Doppelganger?2024-02-18
- S01E108Could We Programme Evoluton?2024-02-25
- S01E109Is There an Upside to Climate Change?2024-03-03
- S01E110Do We Need More Utopias?2024-03-10
- S01E111Can we control clouds?2024-03-17
- S01E112Does Sugar Make Us Stupid?2024-03-24
- S01E113What if the poles reversed again?2024-04-28
- S01E114What power do smells have?2024-05-05
- S01E115Can We Shrink the Economy?2024-05-12
- S01E116How Do Plants Live?2024-05-19
- S01E117How to Become Popular2024-05-26
- S01E118Do We Need to Have Power?2024-06-02
- S01E119Should Humans Be Smaller?2024-06-09
- S01E120Is AI Out of Control?2024-06-16
- S01E121Are Invasive Species Always a Problem?2024-06-23
- S01E122Would We Be Happier Without Happiness?2024-06-30
- S01E123Why Do We Cry?2024-07-07
- S01E124Could Sea Currents Change?2024-07-14
- S01E125Could Matriarchy Be the Solution?2024-07-21
- S01E126Are Aliens Like Us?2024-07-28
- S01E127Is Pain Necessary?2024-09-01
- S01E128Do Animals Have Better Societies?2024-09-08
- S01E129How Powerful are Maps?2024-09-15
- S01E130Does Quantum Physics Change Our Reality?2024-09-22
- S01E131Why Do We Have Less Sex?2024-09-29
- S01E132Has Slavery Made Us Racist?2024-10-12
- S01E133Why Is Housing So Expensive?2024-10-13
- S01E134Can We Make Friends with Our Enemies?2024-10-20
- S01E135Can We Replace Pollination?2024-10-26
- S01E136Are We Taking Enough Risks?2024-11-03
- S01E137Who Really Were Our Ancestors?2024-11-10
- S01E138Is a World Without Violence Possible?2024-11-16
- S01E139Can We Remember Precisely?2024-11-24
- S01E140What Holds the Universe Together?2024-12-01
- S01E141Do We Need God?2024-12-08
- S01E142What Protests Work?2025-01-05
- S01E143How do Children Function?2025-01-12
- S01E144Will We Grieve Differently in Future?2025-01-19
- S01E145Do We Need Weapons for Peace?2025-01-26
- S01E146What Should We Actually Eat?2025-01-27
- S01E147Are We Ready for Aliens?2025-02-02
- S01E148How Important is Our Microbiome?2025-02-16
- S01E149Why Is Wealth So Unfairly Distributed?2025-02-23
- S01E150What Makes Us Depressed?2025-03-02
- S01E151Does the Perfect Code Exist?2025-03-09
- S01E152Are We Ready for World Government?2025-03-16
- S01E153Are We Wasting Period Blood?2025-03-23
- S01E154Can We Feel Time?2025-03-30
- S01E155How Does Water Create Life?2025-05-04
- S01E156Are Cyborgs the Future?2025-05-11
- S01E157Can We Save Truth?2025-05-18
- S01E158Can We Cure Addictions?2025-05-25
- S01E159Are We Too Curious?2025-06-01
- S01E160What Did Dinosaurs Really Look Like?2025-06-08
- S01E161Can We Outwit Viruses?2025-06-15
- S01E162Where Does Madness Begin? 4.02025-06-22
- S01E163Should We Be Bored More Often?2025-06-29
- S01E164How Powerful is Disinformation?2025-07-06
- S01E165Why Do Civilisations Fall?2025-07-13
- S01E166Should We Argue More?2025-07-20
- S01E167How Mathematic is the Universe?2025-07-27
- S01E168Is The World Better Than We Think?2025-08-31
- S01E169How Smart Are the Animals We Eat2025-09-07
- S01E170Does Failure Help Us Succeed?2025-09-14
- S01E171Was Stone-Age Man Dumber Than Us?2025-09-21
- S01E172The Age of Fire2025-09-28
- S01E173Why Does Music Move Us?2025-10-05
- S01E174Optimisation: Is It Making Us Mad?2025-10-12
- S01E175Is a Superbug Pandemic Coming?2025-10-19
- S01E176Can Humans Hibernate?2025-10-26
- S01E177Does Society Need Alcohol?2025-11-02
- S01E178...We Make Free Decisions?2025-11-09
- S01E179What was there before the Big Bang?2025-11-16
- S01E180How Powerful Are Images?2025-11-23
- S01E181How Does the Female Orgasm Work?2025-11-30
- S01E182Is Space Debris Dangerous for Earth?2025-12-07
- S01E183Can Our Brains Still Concentrate?2025-12-14
- S01E184Why Do We Love Horror?2026-01-05
- S01E185Does Planet Nine Really Exist?2026-01-11
- S01E186Are We An Evolutionary Superspecies?2026-01-18
- S01E187Are Wasps Game Changers of Evolution?2026-01-25
- S01E188Why do we sing?2026-02-01
- S01E189How monogamous are humans?2026-02-08
- S01E190Why Do We Love Gold?2026-02-15
- S01E191Do Emotions Control the Markets?2026-02-22
- S01E192What if life were mirrored?2026-03-01
- S01E193Do we need the alpha male?2026-03-08
- S01E194Black Holes: A Future Energy Source?2026-03-15
- S01E195Is Brain Washing Possible?2026-04-19
- S01E196Why Are We So Competitive?2026-04-26
- S01E197Do We Need Siblings?2026-05-03
- S01E198Has Globalisation Failed?2026-05-10
- S01E199How does trash change the world?2026-05-17
- S01E200Is vacation really relaxing?2026-05-24
- S01E201Can we change?2026-05-31
- S01E202Is there another Earth in the universe?2026-06-07
- S01E203Can AI Feel Us?2026-06-14
- S01E204Does a Trauma Lie Dormant in Everyone?2026-06-21
- S01E205What Lies Behind UFOs?2026-06-28
- S01E206Can states go into debt indefinitely?2026-07-05
- S01E207Does scrolling make teens stupid?2026-07-12
- S01E208Can We Live Without Work?2026-07-19
- S01E209Is there a female fertility crisis?2026-07-26
- S01E210Is Loneliness Contagious?2026-08-29
- S01E211Episode 2112026-09-05