42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Linked to obesity and diabetes, sugar may even have a lasting impact on our brains.

Positive utopias and tales of a better world seem to have vanished from science fiction. But why?

Can past changes in our climate tell us more about the environmental crises we are facing today?

In the age of the metaverse, are we losing grip of reality as we know it?

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

If money can buy power and influence. Are the super rich undermining democracy?

Some say that animals have a sixth sense: they can predict imminent natural disasters. Are they cleverer than humans?

The biggest movement in our lives is one that we don't even notice: The continents of the earth are on the move, albeit in slow motion. 

Life emerged about four billion years ago, but exactly where and how it started is unclear. 42 tries to find out the answer.

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

Since the dawn of time, mankind has aspired to one thing only: to go further and further beyond the limits of what he knows. 

Along with the ice caps, glaciers are the largest stores of fresh water on the planet.

Is our world fundamentally governed by chance?

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

Several studies have shown a significant decline in sperm count in the last 50 years. Are we heading towards a sperm crisis?

When the last individual of a species draws its last breath, that doesn't have to be the end of the story.

All the great scientists have tried to come up with a theory of everything. All have failed.

If I borrow 500,000 euros from the bank, then the bank creates this money out of thin air. What's the catch?

Have you ever heard of space weather? It's not just for astronauts and also our affects lives on Earth. 

Agriculture has radically transformed the land and our way of life. But could foodstuffs created with biotechnology spell the end of traditional farming?