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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209 episodes • 2021Avg: 8.2Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can we dig our way through the Earth? | Sep 4, 2021 | 8.0 |
| 2 | Could We Live on the Moon? | Sep 11, 2021 | 7.0 |
| 3 | Should we use lotteries instead of elections? | Sep 18, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 4 | How Much Does Life Weigh? | Sep 25, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Will we move onto the water? | Sep 29, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Can Algorithms Make Us Healthy? | Sep 30, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 7 | What if there were no mucus? | Oct 1, 2021 | 8.0 |
| 8 | How do we solve the nuclear waste puzzle? | Oct 23, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 9 | What if Fear Didn't Exist? | Oct 30, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 10 | What if the ice disappeared? | Nov 6, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Do We All hear the Same Thing? | Nov 14, 2021 | 7.0 |
| 12 | Are we too pessimistic? | Nov 20, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Does the Perfect Song Exist? | Nov 27, 2021 | 8.0 |
| 14 | Are we alone in space? | Dec 5, 2021 | 8.0 |
| 15 | Why Do We Eat What We Eat? | Dec 11, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 16 | What is the secret of light? | Dec 12, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Can we save the trees? | Jan 8, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 18 | What if dust didn't exist? | Jan 15, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Geoengineering: Earth's Last Resort | Jan 22, 2022 | 8.0 |
| 20 | Could Algae Save the Planet? | Jan 29, 2022 | 8.0 |
| 21 | Will Messenger RNA Save Us From Cancer? | Feb 5, 2022 | 8.0 |
| 22 | Will We Stop Flying? | Feb 12, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Will We Like Robots? | Feb 19, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 24 | The Purpose of Parasites | Feb 26, 2022 | 10.0 |
| 25 | Could We Sleep Less? | Mar 5, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Are Cryptocurrencies the Future? | Mar 12, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Do We Live in a Black Hole? | Mar 19, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 28 | The Power of Dreams | Mar 26, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Where do people migrate to? | Apr 30, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 30 | What Do Animals Talk About? | May 7, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Are we getting dumber? | May 14, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Do Computers Have Biases? | May 21, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 33 | How can everyone be fed? | May 28, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Are We Doing More Drugs? | Jun 4, 2022 | 8.0 |
| 35 | Are We Ready for Mars? | Jun 11, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Can we glimpse the afterlife? | Jun 18, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Could we become immortal? | Jun 25, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Could We Live Without Agriculture? | Jul 2, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 39 | How dangerous is space weather? | Jul 9, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Will we travel to Mars? | Jul 16, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Can We Create Money from Nothing? | Jul 23, 2022 | 10.0 |
| 42 | How do we end wars? | Jul 30, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Is Space Being Stolen From Us? | Aug 5, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 44 | What Power Do Thoughts Have? | Aug 12, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Can We Trust Ourselves? | Aug 19, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Are we more intelligent in swarms? | Aug 26, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 47 | The Search for a Universal Theory | Sep 2, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Can we turn crap into gold? | Sep 9, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Are You Psychopathic? | Sep 16, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 50 | How does a wave become rogue? | Sep 23, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 51 | Do We Need Economic Growth? | Oct 30, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 52 | Are we gambling away our lives? | Nov 6, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 53 | Why do we have limits? | Nov 13, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 54 | Where to Find Perfect Energy? | Nov 20, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 55 | What if sharks disappeared? | Nov 27, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 56 | Are Animals Self-Aware? | Dec 4, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 57 | Why do We Fall in Love? | Dec 9, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 58 | What if nature had a price? | Dec 10, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 59 | Can we copy our blood? | Dec 23, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 60 | Why do we hate? | Jan 8, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 61 | Could We Bring Back the Wooly Mammoth? | Jan 15, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 62 | Can seals go to court? | Jan 29, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 63 | Do colors manipulate us? | Feb 5, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 64 | Will there be a new 'human species'? | Feb 13, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 65 | Is There a Male Fertility Crisis? | Feb 19, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 66 | Can Cities Save the World? | Feb 26, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 67 | When the Heavens Rain Down | Mar 19, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 68 | Do Fungi Rule Us? | Mar 24, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 69 | The A***hole Effect | Mar 19, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 70 | How It All Ends | Mar 26, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 71 | When Will the World End? | Mar 31, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 72 | How to Travel Through Time? | Apr 7, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 73 | Mind Reading: A Reality? | Apr 14, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 74 | Surviving Our Polluted Planet | May 21, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 75 | The Chaos of Chance | May 28, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 76 | Who Owns the Sea? | Jun 4, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 77 | Do Animals Appreciate Beauty? | Jun 5, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 78 | Will a new wind soon blow? | Jun 18, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 79 | Are we going to disappear beneath the waves? | Jun 25, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 80 | Are We All Bisexual? | Jul 2, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 81 | The Advent of Turbo-Evolution | Jul 9, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 82 | Why do we lose our memory? | Jul 16, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 83 | Humanity's True Nature | Jul 23, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 84 | Can We Live Without Electricity? | Jul 30, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 85 | What Happens When the Glaciers Disappear? | Sep 3, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 86 | Could We Reach the Stars? | Sep 10, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 87 | Is Lying Good For Us? | Sep 17, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 88 | Will we one day be cryogenically frozen? | Sep 24, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 89 | Will we run out of sand? | Oct 1, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 90 | What's So Funny? | Oct 8, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 91 | The Origin of Life | Oct 15, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 92 | Does Punishment Work? | Oct 22, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 93 | What Are Our Imaginations For? | Oct 29, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 94 | Can We Trick Our Genes? | Nov 5, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 95 | Amasia: The Supercontinent of the Future | Nov 12, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 96 | Do Dogs Really Love Us? | Nov 19, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 97 | Do We Need Corruption? | Nov 26, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 98 | Are Animals Cleverer than Us? | Dec 3, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 99 | Are Billionaires a Problem? | Dec 10, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 100 | How strongly does our mother tongue shape us? | Dec 17, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 101 | Do We Live in a Multiverse? | Jan 7, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 102 | Does History Repeat Itself? | Jan 14, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 103 | Are there too many of us on Earth? | Jan 21, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 104 | Is stress good for us? | Jan 28, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 105 | Do Disasters Make Us Better? | Feb 4, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 106 | Is the Metaverse Real? | Feb 11, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 107 | Do We All Have a Doppelganger? | Feb 18, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 108 | Could We Programme Evoluton? | Feb 25, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 109 | Is There an Upside to Climate Change? | Mar 3, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 110 | Do We Need More Utopias? | Mar 10, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 111 | Can we control clouds? | Mar 17, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 112 | Does Sugar Make Us Stupid? | Mar 24, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 113 | What if the poles reversed again? | Apr 28, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 114 | What power do smells have? | May 5, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 115 | Can We Shrink the Economy? | May 12, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 116 | How Do Plants Live? | May 19, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 117 | How to Become Popular | May 26, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 118 | Do We Need to Have Power? | Jun 2, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 119 | Should Humans Be Smaller? | Jun 9, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 120 | Is AI Out of Control? | Jun 16, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 121 | Are Invasive Species Always a Problem? | Jun 23, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 122 | Would We Be Happier Without Happiness? | Jun 30, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 123 | Why Do We Cry? | Jul 7, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 124 | Could Sea Currents Change? | Jul 14, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 125 | Could Matriarchy Be the Solution? | Jul 21, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 126 | Are Aliens Like Us? | Jul 28, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 127 | Is Pain Necessary? | Sep 1, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 128 | Do Animals Have Better Societies? | Sep 8, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 129 | How Powerful are Maps? | Sep 15, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 130 | Does Quantum Physics Change Our Reality? | Sep 22, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 131 | Why Do We Have Less Sex? | Sep 29, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 132 | Has Slavery Made Us Racist? | Oct 12, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 133 | Why Is Housing So Expensive? | Oct 13, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 134 | Can We Make Friends with Our Enemies? | Oct 20, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 135 | Can We Replace Pollination? | Oct 26, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 136 | Are We Taking Enough Risks? | Nov 3, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 137 | Who Really Were Our Ancestors? | Nov 10, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 138 | Is a World Without Violence Possible? | Nov 16, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 139 | Can We Remember Precisely? | Nov 24, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 140 | What Holds the Universe Together? | Dec 1, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 141 | Do We Need God? | Dec 8, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 142 | What Protests Work? | Jan 5, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 143 | How do Children Function? | Jan 12, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 144 | Will We Grieve Differently in Future? | Jan 19, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 145 | Do We Need Weapons for Peace? | Jan 26, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 146 | What Should We Actually Eat? | Jan 27, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 147 | Are We Ready for Aliens? | Feb 2, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 148 | How Important is Our Microbiome? | Feb 16, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 149 | Why Is Wealth So Unfairly Distributed? | Feb 23, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 150 | What Makes Us Depressed? | Mar 2, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 151 | Does the Perfect Code Exist? | Mar 9, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 152 | Are We Ready for World Government? | Mar 16, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 153 | Are We Wasting Period Blood? | Mar 23, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 154 | Can We Feel Time? | Mar 30, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 155 | How Does Water Create Life? | May 4, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 156 | Are Cyborgs the Future? | May 11, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 157 | Can We Save Truth? | May 18, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 158 | Can We Cure Addictions? | May 25, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 159 | Are We Too Curious? | Jun 1, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 160 | What Did Dinosaurs Really Look Like? | Jun 8, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 161 | Can We Outwit Viruses? | Jun 15, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 162 | Where Does Madness Begin? | Jun 22, 2025 | 8.0 |
| 163 | Should We Be Bored More Often? | Jun 29, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 164 | How Powerful is Disinformation? | Jul 6, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 165 | Why Do Civilisations Fall? | Jul 13, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 166 | Should We Argue More? | Jul 20, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 167 | How Mathematic is the Universe? | Jul 27, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 168 | Is The World Better Than We Think? | Aug 31, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 169 | How Smart Are the Animals We Eat | Sep 7, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 170 | Does Failure Help Us Succeed? | Sep 14, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 171 | Was Stone-Age Man Dumber Than Us? | Sep 21, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 172 | The Age of Fire | Sep 28, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 173 | Why Does Music Move Us? | Oct 5, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 174 | Optimisation: Is It Making Us Mad? | Oct 12, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 175 | Is a Superbug Pandemic Coming? | Oct 19, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 176 | Can Humans Hibernate? | Oct 26, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 177 | Does Society Need Alcohol? | Nov 2, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 178 | ...We Make Free Decisions? | Nov 9, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 179 | What was there before the Big Bang? | Nov 16, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 180 | How Powerful Are Images? | Nov 23, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 181 | How Does the Female Orgasm Work? | Nov 30, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 182 | Is Space Debris Dangerous for Earth? | Dec 7, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 183 | Can Our Brains Still Concentrate? | Dec 14, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 184 | Why Do We Love Horror? | Jan 5, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 185 | Does Planet Nine Really Exist? | Jan 11, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 186 | Are We An Evolutionary Superspecies? | Jan 18, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 187 | Are Wasps Game Changers of Evolution? | Jan 25, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 188 | Why do we sing? | Feb 1, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 189 | How monogamous are humans? | Feb 8, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 190 | Why Do We Love Gold? | Feb 15, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 191 | Do Emotions Control the Markets? | Feb 22, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 192 | What if life were mirrored? | Mar 1, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 193 | Do we need the alpha male? | Mar 8, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 194 | Black Holes: A Future Energy Source? | Mar 15, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 195 | Is Brain Washing Possible? | Apr 19, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 196 | Why Are We So Competitive? | Apr 26, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 197 | Do We Need Siblings? | May 3, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 198 | Has Globalisation Failed? | May 10, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 199 | How does trash change the world? | May 17, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 200 | Is vacation really relaxing? | May 24, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 201 | Can we change? | May 31, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 202 | Is there another Earth in the universe? | Jun 7, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 203 | Can AI Feel Us? | Jun 14, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 204 | Does a Trauma Lie Dormant in Everyone? | Jun 21, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 205 | What Lies Behind UFOs? | Jun 28, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 206 | Can states go into debt indefinitely? | Jul 5, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 207 | Does scrolling make teens stupid? | Jul 12, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 208 | Can We Live Without Work? | Jul 19, 2026 | 0.0 |
| 209 | Is there a female fertility crisis? | Jul 26, 2026 | 0.0 |
