42: The Answer to Almost Everything

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.

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.

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Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Who Really Were Our Ancestors? 29 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Who Really Were Our Ancestors?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Has Slavery Made Us Racist? 28 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Has Slavery Made Us Racist?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Why Do We Have Less Sex? 29 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Why Do We Have Less Sex?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything How Powerful are Maps? 30 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

How Powerful are Maps?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Do Animals Have Better Societies? 28 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Do Animals Have Better Societies?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Is Pain Necessary? 27 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Is Pain Necessary?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Are Aliens Like Us? 30 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Are Aliens Like Us?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Should Humans Be Smaller? 26 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Should Humans Be Smaller?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Do We Need to Have Power? 30 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Do We Need to Have Power?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything How to Become Popular 25 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

How to Become Popular

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Can We Shrink the Economy? 25 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Can We Shrink the Economy?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Does Sugar Make Us Stupid? 28 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Does Sugar Make Us Stupid?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Do We Need More Utopias? 26 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Do We Need More Utopias?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Is There an Upside to Climate Change? 28 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Is There an Upside to Climate Change?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Is the Metaverse Real? 29 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Is the Metaverse Real?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Could We Programme Evoluton? 30 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Could We Programme Evoluton?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Are Billionaires a Problem? 27 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Are Billionaires a Problem?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Are Animals Cleverer than Us? 30 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Are Animals Cleverer than Us?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Amasia: The Supercontinent of the Future 28 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Amasia: The Supercontinent of the Future

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything The Origin of Life 30 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

The Origin of Life

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