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 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 Do Dogs Really Love Us? 27 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Do Dogs Really Love 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 Does Punishment Work? 27 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Does Punishment Work?

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

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Is Cryonics the Future? 29 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Is Cryonics the Future?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Is Lying Good For Us? 27 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Is Lying Good For Us?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Could We Reach the Stars? 28 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Could We Reach the Stars?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything What Happens When the Glaciers Disappear? 25 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

What Happens When the Glaciers Disappear?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything The Grid Under Strain 27 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

The Grid Under Strain

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Humanity's True Nature 25 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Humanity's True Nature

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Are We All Bisexual? 27 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Are We All Bisexual?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything The Advent of Turbo-Evolution 25 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

The Advent of Turbo-Evolution

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Do Animals Appreciate Beauty? 23 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Do Animals Appreciate Beauty?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Who Owns the Sea? 28 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Who Owns the Sea?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything Surviving Our Polluted Planet 28 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Surviving Our Polluted Planet

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything The Chaos of Chance 22 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

The Chaos of Chance

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything When Will the World End? 27 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

When Will the World End?

Watch 42: The Answer to Almost Everything How It All Ends 29 min Watch the programme

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

How It All Ends

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