42: The Answer to Almost Everything

What's the recipe for making a song a global hit?

Is it possible to modify our genes?

Could genome editing or synthetic biology save the planet's wildlife and ultimately save ourselves?

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

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

How should we know which job to choose? And do dream jobs really make us happy? Ronja von Rönne investigates.

Ronja meets ex-player Kevin Pannewitz, who was kicked out of professional football due to lack of discipline

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

What would happen to our bodies if we were all suddenly exposed to weightlessness in space?

Mozart’s most famous opera from the Aix-en-Provence festival with a star-studded cast.

Extreme weather events are becoming increasingly frequent as a result of climate change. 

When a solar eclipse took place in 2023 in  Australia, photographer Michael Goh managed to capture it with spectacular images.

Minimalists want to cut down on worldly possessions. But does living with less things make them happier?

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

Once a year, the quiet city of Clisson is transformed into the European capital of metal.

A café in Vienna brings together pensioners and young workers alike as a way to combat loneliness and to supplement the seniors’ pensions

Cathy is mourning the loss of her husband, surrounded by her family who are loving, but not always kind.

With many western destinations inaccesible, where can Russians go on holiday? Tracks East went to find out.

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.