42: The Answer to Almost Everything
tv show
192 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired September 04, 2021
Genres:
Overview
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.
Season 1
193 episodes
Air Date
September 04, 2021
Can we dig our way through the Earth?
Episode 1 - 27m
September 04, 2021
Could We Live on the Moon?
Episode 2 - 24m
September 11, 2021
Should we use lotteries instead of elections?
Episode 3 - 26m
September 18, 2021
How Much Does Life Weigh?
Episode 4 - 24m
September 25, 2021
Will we move onto the water?
Episode 5 - 21m
September 29, 2021
Can Algorithms Make Us Healthy?
Episode 6 - 24m
September 30, 2021
What if there were no mucus?
Episode 7 - 22m
October 01, 2021
How do we solve the nuclear waste puzzle?
Episode 8 - 30m
October 23, 2021
What if Fear Didn't Exist?
Episode 9 - 25m
October 30, 2021
What if the ice disappeared?
Episode 10 - 25m
November 06, 2021
Do We All hear the Same Thing?
Episode 11 - 23m
November 14, 2021
Are we too pessimistic?
Episode 12 - 25m
November 20, 2021
Does the Perfect Song Exist?
Episode 13 - 20m
November 27, 2021
Are we alone in space?
Episode 14 - 32m
December 05, 2021
Why Do We Eat What We Eat?
Episode 15 - 26m
December 11, 2021
What is the secret of light?
Episode 16 - 27m
December 12, 2021
Can we save the trees?
Episode 17 - 25m
January 08, 2022
What if dust didn't exist?
Episode 18 - 25m
January 15, 2022
Geoengineering: Earth's Last Resort
Episode 19 - 30m
January 22, 2022
Could Algae Save the Planet?
Episode 20 - 26m
January 29, 2022
Will Messenger RNA Save Us From Cancer?
Episode 21 - 24m
February 05, 2022
Will We Stop Flying?
Episode 22 - 25m
February 12, 2022
Will We Like Robots?
Episode 23 - 25m
February 19, 2022
The Purpose of Parasites
Episode 24 - 28m
February 26, 2022
Could We Sleep Less?
Episode 25 - 26m
March 05, 2022
Are Cryptocurrencies the Future?
Episode 26 - 29m
March 12, 2022
Do We Live in a Black Hole?
Episode 27 - 28m
March 19, 2022
The Power of Dreams
Episode 28 - 26m
March 26, 2022
Where do people migrate to?
Episode 29 - 27m
April 30, 2022
What Do Animals Talk About?
Episode 30 - 27m
May 07, 2022
Are we getting dumber?
Episode 31 - 29m
May 14, 2022
Do Computers Have Biases?
Episode 32 - 27m
May 21, 2022
How can everyone be fed?
Episode 33 - 28m
May 28, 2022
Are We Doing More Drugs?
Episode 34 - 28m
June 04, 2022
Are We Ready for Mars?
Episode 35 - 28m
June 11, 2022
Can we glimpse the afterlife?
Episode 36 - 27m
June 18, 2022
Could we become immortal?
Episode 37 - 30m
June 25, 2022
Could We Live Without Agriculture?
Episode 38 - 26m
July 02, 2022
How dangerous is space weather?
Episode 39 - 30m
July 09, 2022
Will we travel to Mars?
Episode 40 - 21m
July 16, 2022
Can We Create Money from Nothing?
Episode 41 - 30m
July 23, 2022
How do we end wars?
Episode 42 - 30m
July 30, 2022
Is Space Being Stolen From Us?
Episode 43 - 30m
August 05, 2022
What Power Do Thoughts Have?
Episode 44 - 27m
August 12, 2022
Can We Trust Ourselves?
Episode 45 - 30m
August 19, 2022
Are we more intelligent in swarms?
Episode 46 - 25m
August 26, 2022
The Search for a Universal Theory
Episode 47 - 28m
September 02, 2022
Can we turn crap into gold?
Episode 48 - 23m
September 09, 2022
Are You Psychopathic?
Episode 49 - 25m
September 16, 2022
How does a wave become rogue?
Episode 50 - 26m
September 23, 2022
Do We Need Economic Growth?
Episode 51 - 30m
October 30, 2022
Are we gambling away our lives?
Episode 52 - 25m
November 06, 2022
Why do we have limits?
Episode 53 - 28m
November 13, 2022
Where to Find Perfect Energy?
Episode 54 - 26m
November 20, 2022
What if sharks disappeared?
Episode 55 - 25m
November 27, 2022
Are Animals Self-Aware?
Episode 56 - 29m
December 04, 2022
Why do We Fall in Love?
Episode 57 - 23m
December 09, 2022
What if nature had a price?
Episode 58 - 25m
December 10, 2022
Can we copy our blood?
Episode 59 - 21m
December 23, 2022
Why do we hate?
Episode 60 - 21m
January 08, 2023
Could We Bring Back the Wooly Mammoth?
Episode 61 - 25m
January 15, 2023
Can seals go to court?
Episode 62 - 25m
January 29, 2023
Do colors manipulate us?
Episode 63 - 30m
February 05, 2023
Will there be a new 'human species'?
Episode 64 - 25m
February 13, 2023
Is There a Male Fertility Crisis?
Episode 65 - 26m
February 19, 2023
Can Cities Save the World?
Episode 66 - 29m
February 26, 2023
When the Heavens Rain Down
Episode 67 - 30m
March 19, 2023
Do Fungi Rule Us?
Episode 68 - 30m
March 24, 2023
The A***hole Effect
Episode 69 - ? minutes
March 19, 2023
How It All Ends
Episode 70 - ? minutes
March 26, 2023
When Will the World End?
Episode 71 - 27m
March 31, 2023
How to Travel Through Time?
Episode 72 - ? minutes
April 07, 2023
Mind Reading: A Reality?
Episode 73 - ? minutes
April 14, 2023
Surviving Our Polluted Planet
Episode 74 - 28m
May 21, 2023
The Chaos of Chance
Episode 75 - 28m
May 28, 2023
Who Owns the Sea?
Episode 76 - 28m
June 04, 2023
Do Animals Appreciate Beauty?
Episode 77 - 30m
June 05, 2023
Will a new wind soon blow?
Episode 78 - 30m
June 18, 2023
Are we going to disappear beneath the waves?
Episode 79 - 30m
June 25, 2023
Are We All Bisexual?
Episode 80 - 30m
July 02, 2023
The Advent of Turbo-Evolution
Episode 81 - 30m
July 09, 2023
Why do we lose our memory?
Episode 82 - 30m
July 16, 2023
Humanity's True Nature
Episode 83 - 25m
July 23, 2023
Can We Live Without Electricity?
Episode 84 - 27m
July 30, 2023
What Happens When the Glaciers Disappear?
Episode 85 - 25m
September 03, 2023
Could We Reach the Stars?
Episode 86 - 28m
September 10, 2023
Is Lying Good For Us?
Episode 87 - 30m
September 17, 2023
Will we one day be cryogenically frozen?
Episode 88 - 29m
September 24, 2023
Will we run out of sand?
Episode 89 - 30m
October 01, 2023
What's So Funny?
Episode 90 - 27m
October 08, 2023
The Origin of Life
Episode 91 - 30m
October 15, 2023
Does Punishment Work?
Episode 92 - 30m
October 22, 2023
What Are Our Imaginations For?
Episode 93 - 30m
October 29, 2023
Can We Trick Our Genes?
Episode 94 - 30m
November 05, 2023
Amasia: The Supercontinent of the Future
Episode 95 - 30m
November 12, 2023
Do Dogs Really Love Us?
Episode 96 - 27m
November 19, 2023
Do We Need Corruption?
Episode 97 - 25m
November 26, 2023
Are Animals Cleverer than Us?
Episode 98 - 25m
December 03, 2023
Are Billionaires a Problem?
Episode 99 - 27m
December 10, 2023
How strongly does our mother tongue shape us?
Episode 100 - 27m
December 17, 2023
Do We Live in a Multiverse?
Episode 101 - 29m
January 07, 2024
Does History Repeat Itself?
Episode 102 - 29m
January 14, 2024
Are there too many of us on Earth?
Episode 103 - 26m
January 21, 2024
Is stress good for us?
Episode 104 - 30m
January 28, 2024
Do Disasters Make Us Better?
Episode 105 - 26m
February 04, 2024
Is the Metaverse Real?
Episode 106 - 29m
February 11, 2024
Do We All Have a Doppelganger?
Episode 107 - 28m
February 18, 2024
Could We Programme Evoluton?
Episode 108 - 30m
February 25, 2024
Is There an Upside to Climate Change?
Episode 109 - 27m
March 03, 2024
Do We Need More Utopias?
Episode 110 - 26m
March 10, 2024
Can we control clouds?
Episode 111 - 28m
March 17, 2024
Does Sugar Make Us Stupid?
Episode 112 - 28m
March 24, 2024
What if the poles reversed again?
Episode 113 - 29m
April 28, 2024
What power do smells have?
Episode 114 - 29m
May 05, 2024
Can We Shrink the Economy?
Episode 115 - 25m
May 12, 2024
How Do Plants Live?
Episode 116 - 28m
May 19, 2024
How to Become Popular
Episode 117 - 25m
May 26, 2024
Do We Need to Have Power?
Episode 118 - 30m
June 02, 2024
Should Humans Be Smaller?
Episode 119 - 26m
June 09, 2024
Is AI Out of Control?
Episode 120 - 30m
June 16, 2024
Are Invasive Species Always a Problem?
Episode 121 - 25m
June 23, 2024
Would We Be Happier Without Happiness?
Episode 122 - 27m
June 30, 2024
Why Do We Cry?
Episode 123 - 29m
July 07, 2024
Could Sea Currents Change?
Episode 124 - 27m
July 14, 2024
Could Matriarchy Be the Solution?
Episode 125 - 28m
July 21, 2024
Are Aliens Like Us?
Episode 126 - 30m
July 28, 2024
Is Pain Necessary?
Episode 127 - 27m
September 01, 2024
Do Animals Have Better Societies?
Episode 128 - 28m
September 08, 2024
How Powerful are Maps?
Episode 129 - 30m
September 15, 2024
Does Quantum Physics Change Our Reality?
Episode 130 - 30m
September 22, 2024
Why Do We Have Less Sex?
Episode 131 - 29m
September 29, 2024
Has Slavery Made Us Racist?
Episode 132 - 28m
October 12, 2024
Why Is Housing So Expensive?
Episode 133 - 30m
October 13, 2024
Can We Make Friends with Our Enemies?
Episode 134 - 29m
October 20, 2024
Can We Replace Pollination?
Episode 135 - 30m
October 26, 2024
Are We Taking Enough Risks?
Episode 136 - 28m
November 03, 2024
Who Really Were Our Ancestors?
Episode 137 - 29m
November 10, 2024
Is a World Without Violence Possible?
Episode 138 - 29m
November 16, 2024
Can We Remember Precisely?
Episode 139 - 29m
November 24, 2024
What Holds the Universe Together?
Episode 140 - 30m
December 01, 2024
Do We Need God?
Episode 141 - 26m
December 08, 2024
What Protests Work?
Episode 142 - 31m
January 05, 2025
How do Children Function?
Episode 143 - 27m
January 12, 2025
Will We Grieve Differently in Future?
Episode 144 - 30m
January 19, 2025
Do We Need Weapons for Peace?
Episode 145 - 30m
January 26, 2025
What Should We Actually Eat?
Episode 146 - 25m
January 27, 2025
Are We Ready for Aliens?
Episode 147 - 28m
February 02, 2025
How Important is Our Microbiome?
Episode 148 - 26m
February 16, 2025
Why Is Wealth So Unfairly Distributed?
Episode 149 - 28m
February 23, 2025
What Makes Us Depressed?
Episode 150 - 26m
March 02, 2025
Does the Perfect Code Exist?
Episode 151 - 29m
March 09, 2025
Are We Ready for World Government?
Episode 152 - 29m
March 16, 2025
Are We Wasting Period Blood?
Episode 153 - 29m
March 23, 2025
Can We Feel Time?
Episode 154 - 26m
March 30, 2025
How Does Water Create Life?
Episode 155 - 28m
May 04, 2025
Are Cyborgs the Future?
Episode 156 - 30m
May 11, 2025
Can We Save Truth?
Episode 157 - 30m
May 18, 2025
Can We Cure Addictions?
Episode 158 - 28m
May 25, 2025
Are We Too Curious?
Episode 159 - 28m
June 01, 2025
What Did Dinosaurs Really Look Like?
Episode 160 - 28m
June 08, 2025
Can We Outwit Viruses?
Episode 161 - 29m
June 15, 2025
Where Does Madness Begin?
Episode 162 - 28m
June 22, 2025
Should We Be Bored More Often?
Episode 163 - 30m
June 29, 2025
How Powerful is Disinformation?
Episode 164 - 30m
July 06, 2025
Why Do Civilisations Fall?
Episode 165 - 30m
July 13, 2025
Should We Argue More?
Episode 166 - 28m
July 20, 2025
How Mathematic is the Universe?
Episode 167 - 30m
July 27, 2025
Is The World Better Than We Think?
Episode 168 - 30m
August 31, 2025
How Smart Are the Animals We Eat
Episode 169 - 28m
September 07, 2025
Does Failure Help Us Succeed?
Episode 170 - 27m
September 14, 2025
Was Stone-Age Man Dumber Than Us?
Episode 171 - 29m
September 21, 2025
The Age of Fire
Episode 172 - 29m
September 28, 2025
Why Does Music Move Us?
Episode 173 - 30m
October 05, 2025
Optimisation: Is It Making Us Mad?
Episode 174 - 28m
October 12, 2025
Is a Superbug Pandemic Coming?
Episode 175 - 26m
October 19, 2025
Can Humans Hibernate?
Episode 176 - 25m
October 26, 2025
Does Society Need Alcohol?
Episode 177 - 30m
November 02, 2025
...We Make Free Decisions?
Episode 178 - 28m
November 09, 2025
What was there before the Big Bang?
Episode 179 - 27m
November 16, 2025
How Powerful Are Images?
Episode 180 - 30m
November 23, 2025
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How Does the Female Orgasm Work?
Episode 181 - 30m
November 30, 2025
Is Space Debris Dangerous for Earth?
Episode 182 - 30m
December 07, 2025
Can Our Brains Still Concentrate?
Episode 183 - 30m
December 14, 2025
Why Do We Love Horror?
Episode 184 - 30m
January 05, 2026
Does Planet Nine Really Exist?
Episode 185 - 30m
January 11, 2026
Are We An Evolutionary Superspecies?
Episode 186 - 29m
January 18, 2026
Are Wasps Game Changers of Evolution?
Episode 187 - 29m
January 25, 2026
Why do we sing?
Episode 188 - 29m
February 01, 2026
How monogamous are humans?
Episode 189 - 29m
February 08, 2026
Why Do We Love Gold?
Episode 190 - 30m
February 15, 2026
Do Emotions Control the Markets?
Episode 191 - 30m
February 22, 2026
What if life were mirrored?
Episode 192 - 30m
March 01, 2026
Do we need the alpha male?
Episode 193 - 30m
March 08, 2026
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