42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Plastic waste at sea is being colonised by bacteria. How will this affect marine ecosystems?

Sustainable consumption: is it all just greenwashing and deception?

A complex feeling that is both problematic and useful, the latest research on boredom.

Biodiversity is good for the environment but also for our taste buds.

Does wealth make you happy? Or maybe true wealth is having nothing at all?

Be they mermaids or octopuses, artists are pushing the boundaries of species and challenging the place of human beings at the top. 

Indonesia is the second largest producer of plastic waste in the sea with the situation set to get worse. 

Children often experience their first feelings of love at nursery age.  What does it feel like for children? 

Children and young people look to adults as role models, usually their parents, but they also are influenced by their peers.

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

From queer cake sitting to sex positive tasting evenings, Tracks finds out about food and sexuality.

Using the latest technology, researchers are discovering the bright colours of ancient Greek art and architecture.  

Political pressure and dwindling public funding mean that Europe’s museums are struggling to stay afloat.

Pornographic deepfakes are among the most unsavoury aspects of AI. Data Sources investigates a worrying trend.

How can you feed yourself self-sufficiently in the desert? An ancient superfood could hold the answer.

How can we age well? Ronja von Rönne trys to find out by talking to chimney sweep Norbert Skrobek, who is close to retirement and Monika Gutte who defies age with a zest for life

Topographers have been trying to survey Romania's land for years. However, the public register is still one of the most incomplete in the EU.

A trip to one of Germany’s most disreputable neighbourhoods which is also a place of hope and community.

With seduction and declarations of love, young men emotionally manipulate their ‘girlfriends’ to use them as prostitutes.