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. 

Branded clothes and the latest smartphones have become status symbols capable of enhancing children’s image with peers or a source of exclusion.

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? 

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

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.

 Twist meets the singular people who dive into dange,r be they artists, scientists, climbers or photojournalists.

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

Why do massive inequalities exist despite a global economy that has produced the most wealth in human history?

Marking the opening of the 60th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, RAYE invites a host of international pop stars to join her on stage for an evening of music.

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

After years of moving towards a cashfree society, Europe is weighing up the risks.

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

It’s a police investigation that stretches to 1,000 pages. ARTE Book Club focuses on the highly acclaimed Russian classic.

What does hair symbolise in the visual arts, from the 15th century to the present day?

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

In the 17th century, many Dutch women painters excelled at depicting the natural world in their art.

British band bring Me The Horizon bring their power metalcore to the main stage at Hellfest.

Fixer Ignace Ivlev-Yorke reports from a Ukrainian army unit on the frontline.