42: The Answer to Almost Everything

We are taught that lying is wrong, but what if lying made the world a better place?

The social cost of selfish people, and how to deal with them.

Children are often afraid of the dark or of monsters under the bed. These fears are not only a natural part of their development, but also an opportunity to grow.

Are we happier when we live a healthy life? Or does being happy make us healthy?

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

Once the fad of Californian billionaires, the quest for longevity is now a global trend.

With the Kidcore aesthetic on TikTok apparently, Gen Z longs for the comforting world of childhood.

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

Could our economy be organised differently and even shrink?

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

An odyssey through Iran in search of a lost father for one Tehrani teenager and her friends.

With growing incursions since the start of the war in Ukraine, the EU hopes to implement an anti-drone shield.

As youth crime rises, some EU nations want to lower the age of criminal responsibility and jail minors.

Fueling Cambodia's construction boom are brick factories where workers are paid a pittance, trapped in debt bondage.

As the world heats up, cities around the world are responding to the challenges of climate change with fresh ideas.

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

With one of his paintings, Gerhard Richter made an intervention into a long-running an passionate debate: Which way round should you put the toilet roll?

Lulu's young, and carefree. And pregnant. She's not ready. What now? 

Nick Cave brings the full force of his live performance, filled with mystical fervour and passionate celebration, to Paris.