42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Is it possible to modify our genes?

As early as 2025, more tasks will be performed by robots and artificial intelligence than by human beings. 

Plastic waste at sea is being colonised by bacteria. How will this affect marine ecosystems?

Many people using Google maps to navigate urban spaces. But what if we could reinvent maps to show us more than just the fastest route from A to B? 

Since 2004, the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao has been home to a dolphin therapy centre.

In France, in the Massif Central, Sarah Singla practices conservation agriculture.

Data Sources reveals how Western companies are helping the authoritarian regime in Kazakhstan to create a mass surveillance system.

As well as being a top DJ, Dominik Eulberg is also a scientist and an environmentalist. He likes to include sounds of nature into his techno music.

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

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

The war in the Middle East is turning into a global oil crisis and fuel costs in Europe are soaring.

Paris city hall is pursuing a green traffic policy: Less cars, more bicycles. But not everybody is pleased.

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

Culture magazine Twist meets artists and creatives to discuss insomnia and how it manifests in their art.

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

They are reclaiming their bodies and freely expressing their sexuality: A focus on sex positive popstars in contemporary culture.

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

Claude Monet made the cliffs at Étretat famous, but the charming town now suffers from overtourism.

How 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