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.
Details
Status
Returning Series
Network
ARTE
Type
Documentary
Original Language
DE
Production Countries
DE
Spoken Languages
French, German
Seasons
EP 1Can we dig our way through the Earth?EP 2Could We Live on the Moon?EP 3Should we use lotteries instead of elections?EP 4How Much Does Life Weigh?EP 5Will we move onto the water?EP 6Can Algorithms Make Us Healthy?EP 7What if there were no mucus?EP 8How do we solve the nuclear waste puzzle?EP 9What if Fear Didn't Exist?EP 10What if the ice disappeared?EP 11Do We All hear the Same Thing?EP 12Are we too pessimistic?EP 13Does the Perfect Song Exist?EP 14Are we alone in space?EP 15Why Do We Eat What We Eat?EP 16What is the secret of light?EP 17Can we save the trees?EP 18What if dust didn't exist?EP 19Geoengineering: Earth's Last ResortEP 20Could Algae Save the Planet?EP 21Will Messenger RNA Save Us From Cancer?EP 22Will We Stop Flying?EP 23Will We Like Robots?EP 24The Purpose of ParasitesEP 25Could We Sleep Less?EP 26Are Cryptocurrencies the Future?EP 27Do We Live in a Black Hole?EP 28The Power of DreamsEP 29Where do people migrate to?EP 30What Do Animals Talk About?EP 31Are we getting dumber?EP 32Do Computers Have Biases?EP 33How can everyone be fed?EP 34Are We Doing More Drugs?EP 35Are We Ready for Mars?EP 36Can we glimpse the afterlife?EP 37Could we become immortal?EP 38Could We Live Without Agriculture?EP 39How dangerous is space weather?EP 40Will we travel to Mars?EP 41Can We Create Money from Nothing?EP 42How do we end wars?EP 43Is Space Being Stolen From Us?EP 44What Power Do Thoughts Have?EP 45Can We Trust Ourselves?EP 46Are we more intelligent in swarms?EP 47The Search for a Universal TheoryEP 48Can we turn crap into gold?EP 49Are You Psychopathic?EP 50How does a wave become rogue?EP 51Do We Need Economic Growth?EP 52Are we gambling away our lives?EP 53Why do we have limits?EP 54Where to Find Perfect Energy?EP 55What if sharks disappeared?EP 56Are Animals Self-Aware?EP 57Why do We Fall in Love?EP 58What if nature had a price?EP 59Can we copy our blood?EP 60Why do we hate?EP 61Could We Bring Back the Wooly Mammoth?EP 62Can seals go to court?EP 63Do colors manipulate us?EP 64Will there be a new 'human species'?EP 65Is There a Male Fertility Crisis?EP 66Can Cities Save the World?EP 67When the Heavens Rain DownEP 68Do Fungi Rule Us?EP 69The A***hole EffectEP 70How It All EndsEP 71When Will the World End?EP 72How to Travel Through Time?EP 73Mind Reading: A Reality?EP 74Surviving Our Polluted PlanetEP 75The Chaos of ChanceEP 76Who Owns the Sea?EP 77Do Animals Appreciate Beauty?EP 78Will a new wind soon blow?EP 79Are we going to disappear beneath the waves?EP 80Are We All Bisexual?EP 81The Advent of Turbo-EvolutionEP 82Why do we lose our memory?EP 83Humanity's True NatureEP 84Can We Live Without Electricity?EP 85What Happens When the Glaciers Disappear?EP 86Could We Reach the Stars?EP 87Is Lying Good For Us?EP 88Will we one day be cryogenically frozen?EP 89Will we run out of sand?EP 90What's So Funny?EP 91The Origin of LifeEP 92Does Punishment Work?EP 93What Are Our Imaginations For?EP 94Can We Trick Our Genes?EP 95Amasia: The Supercontinent of the FutureEP 96Do Dogs Really Love Us?EP 97Do We Need Corruption?EP 98Are Animals Cleverer than Us?EP 99Are Billionaires a Problem?EP 100How strongly does our mother tongue shape us?EP 101Do We Live in a Multiverse?EP 102Does History Repeat Itself?EP 103Are there too many of us on Earth?EP 104Is stress good for us?EP 105Do Disasters Make Us Better?EP 106Is the Metaverse Real?EP 107Do We All Have a Doppelganger?EP 108Could We Programme Evoluton?EP 109Is There an Upside to Climate Change?EP 110Do We Need More Utopias?EP 111Can we control clouds?EP 112Does Sugar Make Us Stupid?EP 113What if the poles reversed again?EP 114What power do smells have?EP 115Can We Shrink the Economy?EP 116How Do Plants Live?EP 117How to Become PopularEP 118Do We Need to Have Power?EP 119Should Humans Be Smaller?EP 120Is AI Out of Control?EP 121Are Invasive Species Always a Problem?EP 122Would We Be Happier Without Happiness?EP 123Why Do We Cry?EP 124Could Sea Currents Change?EP 125Could Matriarchy Be the Solution?EP 126Are Aliens Like Us?EP 127Is Pain Necessary?EP 128Do Animals Have Better Societies?EP 129How Powerful are Maps?EP 130Does Quantum Physics Change Our Reality?EP 131Why Do We Have Less Sex?EP 132Has Slavery Made Us Racist?EP 133Why Is Housing So Expensive?EP 134Can We Make Friends with Our Enemies?EP 135Can We Replace Pollination?EP 136Are We Taking Enough Risks?EP 137Who Really Were Our Ancestors?EP 138Is a World Without Violence Possible?EP 139Can We Remember Precisely?EP 140What Holds the Universe Together?EP 141Do We Need God?EP 142What Protests Work?EP 143How do Children Function?EP 144Will We Grieve Differently in Future?EP 145Do We Need Weapons for Peace?EP 146What Should We Actually Eat?EP 147Are We Ready for Aliens?EP 148How Important is Our Microbiome?EP 149Why Is Wealth So Unfairly Distributed?EP 150What Makes Us Depressed?EP 151Does the Perfect Code Exist?EP 152Are We Ready for World Government?EP 153Are We Wasting Period Blood?EP 154Can We Feel Time?EP 155How Does Water Create Life?EP 156Are Cyborgs the Future?EP 157Can We Save Truth?EP 158Can We Cure Addictions?EP 159Are We Too Curious?EP 160What Did Dinosaurs Really Look Like?EP 161Can We Outwit Viruses?EP 162Where Does Madness Begin?EP 163Should We Be Bored More Often?EP 164How Powerful is Disinformation?EP 165Why Do Civilisations Fall?EP 166Should We Argue More?EP 167How Mathematic is the Universe?EP 168Is The World Better Than We Think?EP 169How Smart Are the Animals We EatEP 170Does Failure Help Us Succeed?EP 171Was Stone-Age Man Dumber Than Us?EP 172The Age of FireEP 173Why Does Music Move Us?EP 174Optimisation: Is It Making Us Mad?EP 175Is a Superbug Pandemic Coming?EP 176Can Humans Hibernate?EP 177Does Society Need Alcohol?EP 178...We Make Free Decisions?EP 179What was there before the Big Bang?EP 180How Powerful Are Images?EP 181How Does the Female Orgasm Work?EP 182Is Space Debris Dangerous for Earth?EP 183Can Our Brains Still Concentrate?EP 184Why Do We Love Horror?EP 185Does Planet Nine Really Exist?EP 186Are We An Evolutionary Superspecies?EP 187Are Wasps Game Changers of Evolution?EP 188Why do we sing?EP 189How monogamous are humans?EP 190Why Do We Love Gold?EP 191Do Emotions Control the Markets?EP 192What if life were mirrored?EP 193Do we need the alpha male?EP 194Black Holes: A Future Energy Source?EP 195Is Brain Washing Possible?EP 196Why Are We So Competitive?EP 197Do We Need Siblings?EP 198Has Globalisation Failed?EP 199How does trash change the world?EP 200Is vacation really relaxing?EP 201Can we change?EP 202Is there another Earth in the universe?EP 203Can AI Feel Us?EP 204Does a Trauma Lie Dormant in Everyone?EP 205What Lies Behind UFOs?EP 206Can states go into debt indefinitely?EP 207Does scrolling make teens stupid?EP 208Can We Live Without Work?EP 209Is there a female fertility crisis?