42: The Answer to Almost Everything

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

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

What should Europe do about its damaged and depleted soil?

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

Ex-footballer turned anti-poverty activist Neven Subotić discusses the books that changed his life.

Children and young people look to adults as role models, usually their parents, but they also are influenced by their peers.

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

Why are friendships so important for children's personal development? And what do they mean in the digital world?

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

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

The US and Israel’s war is inevitably also Europe’s war. But Europe is divided on how to act.

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

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

A look back at the Jeffrey Epstein's life and how the Epstein Files are exposing corruption at the highest level.

Jean-Michel Jarre sets up his equipment on Seville's Plaza de España for an immersive concert-show.

ow 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

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