42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Since the dawn of time, mankind has aspired to one thing only: to go further and further beyond the limits of what he knows. 

Along with the ice caps, glaciers are the largest stores of fresh water on the planet.

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

Love may drive you crazy - but it also keeps you alive.

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

Black holes can tell us a lot about the universe. But could they hold the key to understanding our world? 

Sustainable consumption: is it all just greenwashing and deception?

Could our economy be organised differently and even shrink?

More and more people complain of digestive disorders related to gluten, lactose, or fructose.

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

The US and Israel’s war is inevitably also Europe’s war. But Europe is divided on how to act.

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

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

Jean-Michel Jarre sets up his equipment on Seville's Plaza de España for an immersive concert-show.

A look back at the Jeffrey Epstein's life and how the Epstein Files are exposing corruption at the highest level.

ow 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

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

An old man swims in the sea. As he moves through the water, memories resurface... 

You can’t get rid of the ‘oldest profession in the world,’ but European countries are grappling with how to regulate the sex trade.