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42: The Answer to Almost Everything (2021)

★ 9.6 · 5 votes1 season · 223 episodesDocumentary2021

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.

Writers
Beate Brehm, Thomas Kulik, Boris Geiger
Network
ARTE
Country
Germany
Language
German
First aired
September 4, 2021
Status
Returning
Next episode
S1E218 · October 24, 2026
Original title
42 - Die Antwort auf fast alles

Cast

  • Jens JungeHimself

Episodes

0/223 watched
  1. Episode 1: Can we dig our way through the Earth?27 min · Sep 4, 2021
  2. Episode 2: Could We Live on the Moon?24 min · Sep 11, 2021
  3. Episode 3: Should we use lotteries instead of elections?26 min · Sep 18, 2021
  4. Episode 4: How Much Does Life Weigh?24 min · Sep 25, 2021
  5. Episode 5: Will we move onto the water?21 min · Sep 29, 2021
  6. Episode 6: Can Algorithms Make Us Healthy?24 min · Sep 30, 2021
  7. Episode 7: What if there were no mucus?22 min · Oct 1, 2021
  8. Episode 8: How do we solve the nuclear waste puzzle?30 min · Oct 23, 2021
  9. Episode 9: What if Fear Didn't Exist?25 min · Oct 30, 2021
  10. Episode 10: What if the ice disappeared?25 min · Nov 6, 2021
  11. Episode 11: Do We All hear the Same Thing?23 min · Nov 14, 2021
  12. Episode 12: Are we too pessimistic?25 min · Nov 20, 2021
  13. Episode 13: Does the Perfect Song Exist?20 min · Nov 27, 2021
  14. Episode 14: Are we alone in space?32 min · Dec 5, 2021
  15. Episode 15: Why Do We Eat What We Eat?26 min · Dec 11, 2021
  16. Episode 16: What is the secret of light?27 min · Dec 12, 2021
  17. Episode 17: Can we save the trees?25 min · Jan 8, 2022
  18. Episode 18: What if dust didn't exist?25 min · Jan 15, 2022
  19. Episode 19: Geoengineering: Earth's Last Resort30 min · Jan 22, 2022
  20. Episode 20: Could Algae Save the Planet?26 min · Jan 29, 2022
  21. Episode 21: Will Messenger RNA Save Us From Cancer?24 min · Feb 5, 2022
  22. Episode 22: Will We Stop Flying?25 min · Feb 12, 2022
  23. Episode 23: Will We Like Robots?25 min · Feb 19, 2022
  24. Episode 24: The Purpose of Parasites27 min · Feb 26, 2022
  25. Episode 25: Could We Sleep Less?26 min · Mar 5, 2022
  26. Episode 26: Are Cryptocurrencies the Future?29 min · Mar 12, 2022
  27. Episode 27: Do We Live in a Black Hole?27 min · Mar 19, 2022
  28. Episode 28: The Power of Dreams26 min · Mar 26, 2022
  29. Episode 29: Where do people migrate to?27 min · Apr 30, 2022
  30. Episode 30: What Do Animals Talk About?27 min · May 7, 2022
  31. Episode 31: Are we getting dumber?29 min · May 14, 2022
  32. Episode 32: Do Computers Have Biases?27 min · May 21, 2022
  33. Episode 33: How can everyone be fed?28 min · May 28, 2022
  34. Episode 34: Are We Doing More Drugs?28 min · Jun 4, 2022
  35. Episode 35: Are We Ready for Mars?28 min · Jun 11, 2022
  36. Episode 36: Can we glimpse the afterlife?27 min · Jun 18, 2022
  37. Episode 37: Could we become immortal?30 min · Jun 25, 2022
  38. Episode 38: Could We Live Without Agriculture?26 min · Jul 2, 2022
  39. Episode 39: How dangerous is space weather?30 min · Jul 9, 2022
  40. Episode 40: Will we travel to Mars?21 min · Jul 16, 2022
  41. Episode 41: Can We Create Money from Nothing?30 min · Jul 23, 2022
  42. Episode 42: How do we end wars?30 min · Jul 30, 2022
  43. Episode 43: Is Space Being Stolen From Us?30 min · Aug 5, 2022
  44. Episode 44: What Power Do Thoughts Have?27 min · Aug 12, 2022
  45. Episode 45: Can We Trust Ourselves?30 min · Aug 19, 2022
  46. Episode 46: Are we more intelligent in swarms?25 min · Aug 26, 2022
  47. Episode 47: The Search for a Universal Theory28 min · Sep 2, 2022
  48. Episode 48: Can we turn crap into gold?23 min · Sep 9, 2022
  49. Episode 49: Are You Psychopathic?25 min · Sep 16, 2022
  50. Episode 50: How does a wave become rogue?26 min · Sep 23, 2022
  51. Episode 51: Do We Need Economic Growth?30 min · Oct 30, 2022
  52. Episode 52: Are we gambling away our lives?25 min · Nov 6, 2022
  53. Episode 53: Why do we have limits?28 min · Nov 13, 2022
  54. Episode 54: Where to Find Perfect Energy?26 min · Nov 20, 2022
  55. Episode 55: What if sharks disappeared?25 min · Nov 27, 2022
  56. Episode 56: Are Animals Self-Aware?29 min · Dec 4, 2022
  57. Episode 57: Why do We Fall in Love?23 min · Dec 9, 2022
  58. Episode 58: What if nature had a price?25 min · Dec 10, 2022
  59. Episode 59: Can we copy our blood?21 min · Dec 23, 2022
  60. Episode 60: Why do we hate?21 min · Jan 8, 2023
  61. Episode 61: Could We Bring Back the Wooly Mammoth?25 min · Jan 15, 2023
  62. Episode 62: Can seals go to court?25 min · Jan 29, 2023
  63. Episode 63: Do colors manipulate us?30 min · Feb 5, 2023
  64. Episode 64: Will there be a new 'human species'?25 min · Feb 13, 2023
  65. Episode 65: Is There a Male Fertility Crisis?25 min · Feb 19, 2023
  66. Episode 66: Can Cities Save the World?29 min · Feb 26, 2023
  67. Episode 67: When the Heavens Rain Down30 min · Mar 19, 2023
  68. Episode 68: Do Fungi Rule Us?30 min · Mar 24, 2023
  69. Episode 69: The A***hole Effect24 min · Mar 19, 2023
  70. Episode 70: How It All EndsMar 26, 2023
  71. Episode 71: When Will the World End?27 min · Mar 31, 2023
  72. Episode 72: How to Travel Through Time?Apr 7, 2023
  73. Episode 73: Mind Reading: A Reality?Apr 14, 2023
  74. Episode 74: Surviving Our Polluted Planet28 min · May 21, 2023
  75. Episode 75: The Chaos of Chance28 min · May 28, 2023
  76. Episode 76: Who Owns the Sea?28 min · Jun 4, 2023
  77. Episode 77: Do Animals Appreciate Beauty?30 min · Jun 5, 2023
  78. Episode 78: Will a new wind soon blow?30 min · Jun 18, 2023
  79. Episode 79: Are we going to disappear beneath the waves?30 min · Jun 25, 2023
  80. Episode 80: Are We All Bisexual?30 min · Jul 2, 2023
  81. Episode 81: The Advent of Turbo-Evolution25 min · Jul 9, 2023
  82. Episode 82: Why do we lose our memory?30 min · Jul 16, 2023
  83. Episode 83: Humanity's True Nature24 min · Jul 23, 2023
  84. Episode 84: Can We Live Without Electricity?26 min · Jul 30, 2023
  85. Episode 85: What Happens When the Glaciers Disappear?24 min · Sep 3, 2023
  86. Episode 86: Could We Reach the Stars?28 min · Sep 10, 2023
  87. Episode 87: Is Lying Good For Us?27 min · Sep 17, 2023
  88. Episode 88: Will we one day be cryogenically frozen?29 min · Sep 24, 2023
  89. Episode 89: Will we run out of sand?30 min · Oct 1, 2023
  90. Episode 90: What's So Funny?26 min · Oct 8, 2023
  91. Episode 91: The Origin of Life30 min · Oct 15, 2023
  92. Episode 92: Does Punishment Work?26 min · Oct 22, 2023
  93. Episode 93: What Are Our Imaginations For?30 min · Oct 29, 2023
  94. Episode 94: Can We Trick Our Genes?30 min · Nov 5, 2023
  95. Episode 95: Amasia: The Supercontinent of the Future30 min · Nov 12, 2023
  96. Episode 96: Do Dogs Really Love Us?27 min · Nov 19, 2023
  97. Episode 97: Do We Need Corruption?25 min · Nov 26, 2023
  98. Episode 98: Are Animals Cleverer than Us?25 min · Dec 3, 2023
  99. Episode 99: Are Billionaires a Problem?27 min · Dec 10, 2023
  100. Episode 100: How strongly does our mother tongue shape us?27 min · Dec 17, 2023
  101. Episode 101: Do We Live in a Multiverse?29 min · Jan 7, 2024
  102. Episode 102: Does History Repeat Itself?29 min · Jan 14, 2024
  103. Episode 103: Are there too many of us on Earth?26 min · Jan 21, 2024
  104. Episode 104: Is stress good for us?30 min · Jan 28, 2024
  105. Episode 105: Do Disasters Make Us Better?26 min · Feb 4, 2024
  106. Episode 106: Is the Metaverse Real?29 min · Feb 11, 2024
  107. Episode 107: Do We All Have a Doppelganger?28 min · Feb 18, 2024
  108. Episode 108: Could We Programme Evoluton?30 min · Feb 25, 2024
  109. Episode 109: Is There an Upside to Climate Change?27 min · Mar 3, 2024
  110. Episode 110: Do We Need More Utopias?26 min · Mar 10, 2024
  111. Episode 111: Can we control clouds?28 min · Mar 17, 2024
  112. Episode 112: Does Sugar Make Us Stupid?28 min · Mar 24, 2024
  113. Episode 113: What if the poles reversed again?29 min · Apr 28, 2024
  114. Episode 114: What power do smells have?29 min · May 5, 2024
  115. Episode 115: Can We Shrink the Economy?25 min · May 12, 2024
  116. Episode 116: How Do Plants Live?28 min · May 19, 2024
  117. Episode 117: How to Become Popular25 min · May 26, 2024
  118. Episode 118: Do We Need to Have Power?30 min · Jun 2, 2024
  119. Episode 119: Should Humans Be Smaller?26 min · Jun 9, 2024
  120. Episode 120: Is AI Out of Control?30 min · Jun 16, 2024
  121. Episode 121: Are Invasive Species Always a Problem?25 min · Jun 23, 2024
  122. Episode 122: Would We Be Happier Without Happiness?27 min · Jun 30, 2024
  123. Episode 123: Why Do We Cry?29 min · Jul 7, 2024
  124. Episode 124: Could Sea Currents Change?27 min · Jul 14, 2024
  125. Episode 125: Could Matriarchy Be the Solution?28 min · Jul 21, 2024
  126. Episode 126: Are Aliens Like Us?30 min · Jul 28, 2024
  127. Episode 127: Is Pain Necessary?27 min · Sep 1, 2024
  128. Episode 128: Do Animals Have Better Societies?28 min · Sep 8, 2024
  129. Episode 129: How Powerful are Maps?30 min · Sep 15, 2024
  130. Episode 130: Does Quantum Physics Change Our Reality?30 min · Sep 22, 2024
  131. Episode 131: Why Do We Have Less Sex?29 min · Sep 29, 2024
  132. Episode 132: Has Slavery Made Us Racist?28 min · Oct 12, 2024
  133. Episode 133: Why Is Housing So Expensive?30 min · Oct 13, 2024
  134. Episode 134: Can We Make Friends with Our Enemies?29 min · Oct 20, 2024
  135. Episode 135: Can We Replace Pollination?30 min · Oct 26, 2024
  136. Episode 136: Are We Taking Enough Risks?28 min · Nov 3, 2024
  137. Episode 137: Who Really Were Our Ancestors?29 min · Nov 10, 2024
  138. Episode 138: Is a World Without Violence Possible?29 min · Nov 16, 2024
  139. Episode 139: Can We Remember Precisely?29 min · Nov 24, 2024
  140. Episode 140: What Holds the Universe Together?30 min · Dec 1, 2024
  141. Episode 141: Do We Need God?26 min · Dec 8, 2024
  142. Episode 142: What Protests Work?31 min · Jan 5, 2025
  143. Episode 143: How do Children Function?27 min · Jan 12, 2025
  144. Episode 144: Will We Grieve Differently in Future?30 min · Jan 19, 2025
  145. Episode 145: Do We Need Weapons for Peace?30 min · Jan 26, 2025
  146. Episode 146: What Should We Actually Eat?25 min · Jan 27, 2025
  147. Episode 147: Are We Ready for Aliens?28 min · Feb 2, 2025
  148. Episode 148: How Important is Our Microbiome?26 min · Feb 16, 2025
  149. Episode 149: Why Is Wealth So Unfairly Distributed?28 min · Feb 23, 2025
  150. Episode 150: What Makes Us Depressed?26 min · Mar 2, 2025
  151. Episode 151: Does the Perfect Code Exist?29 min · Mar 9, 2025
  152. Episode 152: Are We Ready for World Government?29 min · Mar 16, 2025
  153. Episode 153: Are We Wasting Period Blood?29 min · Mar 23, 2025
  154. Episode 154: Can We Feel Time?26 min · Mar 30, 2025
  155. Episode 155: How Does Water Create Life?28 min · May 4, 2025
  156. Episode 156: Are Cyborgs the Future?30 min · May 11, 2025
  157. Episode 157: Can We Save Truth?30 min · May 18, 2025
  158. Episode 158: Can We Cure Addictions?28 min · May 25, 2025
  159. Episode 159: Are We Too Curious?28 min · Jun 1, 2025
  160. Episode 160: What Did Dinosaurs Really Look Like?28 min · Jun 8, 2025
  161. Episode 161: Can We Outwit Viruses?29 min · Jun 15, 2025
  162. Episode 162: Where Does Madness Begin?28 min · Jun 22, 2025
  163. Episode 163: Should We Be Bored More Often?30 min · Jun 29, 2025
  164. Episode 164: How Powerful is Disinformation?30 min · Jul 6, 2025
  165. Episode 165: Why Do Civilisations Fall?30 min · Jul 13, 2025
  166. Episode 166: Should We Argue More?28 min · Jul 20, 2025
  167. Episode 167: How Mathematic is the Universe?30 min · Jul 27, 2025
  168. Episode 168: Is The World Better Than We Think?30 min · Aug 31, 2025
  169. Episode 169: How Smart Are the Animals We Eat28 min · Sep 7, 2025
  170. Episode 170: Does Failure Help Us Succeed?27 min · Sep 14, 2025
  171. Episode 171: Was Stone-Age Man Dumber Than Us?29 min · Sep 21, 2025
  172. Episode 172: The Age of Fire29 min · Sep 28, 2025
  173. Episode 173: Why Does Music Move Us?30 min · Oct 5, 2025
  174. Episode 174: Optimisation: Is It Making Us Mad?28 min · Oct 12, 2025
  175. Episode 175: Is a Superbug Pandemic Coming?26 min · Oct 19, 2025
  176. Episode 176: Can Humans Hibernate?25 min · Oct 26, 2025
  177. Episode 177: Does Society Need Alcohol?30 min · Nov 2, 2025
  178. Episode 178: ...We Make Free Decisions?28 min · Nov 9, 2025
  179. Episode 179: What was there before the Big Bang?27 min · Nov 16, 2025
  180. Episode 180: How Powerful Are Images?30 min · Nov 23, 2025
  181. Episode 181: How Does the Female Orgasm Work?30 min · Nov 30, 2025
  182. Episode 182: Is Space Debris Dangerous for Earth?30 min · Dec 7, 2025
  183. Episode 183: Can Our Brains Still Concentrate?30 min · Dec 14, 2025
  184. Episode 184: Why Do We Love Horror?30 min · Jan 5, 2026
  185. Episode 185: Does Planet Nine Really Exist?30 min · Jan 11, 2026
  186. Episode 186: Are We An Evolutionary Superspecies?29 min · Jan 18, 2026
  187. Episode 187: Are Wasps Game Changers of Evolution?29 min · Jan 25, 2026
  188. Episode 188: Why do we sing?29 min · Feb 1, 2026
  189. Episode 189: How monogamous are humans?29 min · Feb 8, 2026
  190. Episode 190: Why Do We Love Gold?30 min · Feb 15, 2026
  191. Episode 191: Do Emotions Control the Markets?30 min · Feb 22, 2026
  192. Episode 192: What if life were mirrored?30 min · Mar 1, 2026
  193. Episode 193: Do we need the alpha male?30 min · Mar 8, 2026
  194. Episode 194: Black Holes: A Future Energy Source?29 min · Mar 15, 2026
  195. Episode 195: Is Brain Washing Possible?24 min · Apr 19, 2026
  196. Episode 196: Why Are We So Competitive?27 min · Apr 26, 2026
  197. Episode 197: Do We Need Siblings?27 min · May 3, 2026
  198. Episode 198: Has Globalisation Failed?28 min · May 10, 2026
  199. Episode 199: How does trash change the world?29 min · May 17, 2026
  200. Episode 200: Is vacation really relaxing?28 min · May 24, 2026
  201. Episode 201: Can we change?24 min · May 31, 2026
  202. Episode 202: Is there another Earth in the universe?26 min · Jun 7, 2026
  203. Episode 203: Can AI Feel Us?26 min · Jun 14, 2026
  204. Episode 204: Does a Trauma Lie Dormant in Everyone?28 min · Jun 21, 2026
  205. Episode 205: What Lies Behind UFOs?28 min · Jun 28, 2026
  206. Episode 206: Can states go into debt indefinitely?27 min · Jul 5, 2026
  207. Episode 207: Does scrolling make teens stupid?29 min · Jul 12, 2026
  208. Episode 208: Can We Live Without Work?28 min · Jul 19, 2026
  209. Episode 209: Is there a female fertility crisis?25 min · Jul 26, 2026
  210. Episode 210: Is Loneliness Contagious?22 min · Aug 29, 2026
  211. Episode 211: How Do You Become a Genius?30 min · Sep 5, 2026
  212. Episode 212: Can We Stop Mass Extinction?26 min · Sep 12, 2026
  213. Episode 213: Can We Control Our Hormones?27 min · Sep 19, 2026
  214. Episode 214: Where Did the Antimatter Go?29 min · Sep 26, 2026
  215. Episode 215: Are Political Parties to Blame for Everything?25 min · Oct 3, 2026
  216. Episode 216: Do Ready Meals Make Us Ill?29 min · Oct 10, 2026
  217. Episode 217: Who killed Venus?29 min · Oct 17, 2026
  218. Episode 21823 min · Oct 24, 2026
  219. Episode 21927 min · Oct 24, 2026
  220. Episode 22030 min · Oct 25, 2026Not aired
  221. Episode 22130 min · Oct 31, 2026Not aired
  222. Episode 222Nov 1, 2026Not aired
  223. Episode 22330 min · Nov 7, 2026Not aired

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