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42 - Die Antwort auf fast alles
2021 · TV Series · ★ 9.6
Documentary
What would we be without mucus? Can we live on water? How much does life weigh? Finding out the answers is the aim of ARTE's new science show. In a nod to Douglas Adams's "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", where the figure 42 is the ultimate answer to all questions, 42 tries to provide the answers.
Also known as 42: The Answer to Almost Everything
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Streaming on Curiosity Stream.
~87 hours to watch · 189 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2021–2026
- Release date
- 2021-09-04
- Network
- ARTE
- Language
- German
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 9.6/10 (5 votes)
Themes
- philosophy
- education
- research
- society
- anthology
- cultural
- social documentary
- narrative
- investigative
- science
- factual
- visual
Cast & crew
Directed by Max Mönch, Alexander Lahl
Episodes1 season · 189 episodes
Season 1189 episodes
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- S1E2Could We Live on the Moon?24mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E3Should we use lotteries instead of elections?26mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E4How Much Does Life Weigh?24mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E5Will we move onto the water?21mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E6Can Algorithms Make Us Healthy?24mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E7What if there were no mucus?22mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E8How do we solve the nuclear waste puzzle?30mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E9What if Fear Didn't Exist?25mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E10What if the ice disappeared?25mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E11Do We All hear the Same Thing?23m
- S1E12Are we too pessimistic?25m
- S1E13Does the Perfect Song Exist?20m
- S1E14Are we alone in space?32m
- S1E15Why Do We Eat What We Eat?26m
- S1E16What is the secret of light?27m
- S1E17Can we save the trees?25m
- S1E18What if dust didn't exist?25m
- S1E19Geoengineering: Earth's Last Resort30m
- S1E20Could Algae Save the Planet?26m
- S1E21Will Messenger RNA Save Us From Cancer?24m
- S1E22Will We Stop Flying?25m
- S1E23Will We Like Robots?25m
- S1E24The Purpose of Parasites28m
- S1E25Could We Sleep Less?26m
- S1E26Are Cryptocurrencies the Future?29m
- S1E27Do We Live in a Black Hole?28m
- S1E28The Power of Dreams26m
- S1E29Where do people migrate to?27m
- S1E30What Do Animals Talk About?27m
- S1E31Are we getting dumber?29m
- S1E32Do Computers Have Biases?27m
- S1E33How can everyone be fed?28m
- S1E34Are We Doing More Drugs?28m
- S1E35Are We Ready for Mars?28m
- S1E36Can we glimpse the afterlife?27m
- S1E37Could we become immortal?30m
- S1E38Could We Live Without Agriculture?26m
- S1E39How dangerous is space weather?30m
- S1E40Will we travel to Mars?21m
- S1E41Can We Create Money from Nothing?30m
- S1E42How do we end wars?30m
- S1E43Is Space Being Stolen From Us?30m
- S1E44What Power Do Thoughts Have?27m
- S1E45Can We Trust Ourselves?30m
- S1E46Are we more intelligent in swarms?25m
- S1E47The Search for a Universal Theory28m
- S1E48Can we turn crap into gold?23m
- S1E49Are You Psychopathic?25m
- S1E50How does a wave become rogue?26m
- S1E51Do We Need Economic Growth?30m
- S1E52Are we gambling away our lives?25m
- S1E53Why do we have limits?28m
- S1E54Where to Find Perfect Energy?26m
- S1E55What if sharks disappeared?25m
- S1E56Are Animals Self-Aware?29m
- S1E57Why do We Fall in Love?23m
- S1E58What if nature had a price?25m
- S1E59Can we copy our blood?21m
- S1E60Why do we hate?21m
- S1E61Could We Bring Back the Wooly Mammoth?25m
- S1E62Can seals go to court?25m
- S1E63Do colors manipulate us?30m
- S1E64Will there be a new 'human species'?25m
- S1E65Is There a Male Fertility Crisis?26m
- S1E66Can Cities Save the World?29m
- S1E67When the Heavens Rain Down30m
- S1E68Do Fungi Rule Us?30m
- S1E69The A***hole Effect
- S1E70How It All Ends
- S1E71When Will the World End?27m
- S1E72How to Travel Through Time?
- S1E73Mind Reading: A Reality?
- S1E74Surviving Our Polluted Planet28m
- S1E75The Chaos of Chance28m
- S1E76Who Owns the Sea?28m
- S1E77Do Animals Appreciate Beauty?30m
- S1E78Will a new wind soon blow?30m
- S1E79Are we going to disappear beneath the waves?30m
- S1E80Are We All Bisexual?30m
- S1E81The Advent of Turbo-Evolution30m
- S1E82Why do we lose our memory?30m
- S1E83Humanity's True Nature25m
- S1E84Can We Live Without Electricity?27m
- S1E85What Happens When the Glaciers Disappear?25m
- S1E86Could We Reach the Stars?28m
- S1E87Is Lying Good For Us?30m
- S1E88Will we one day be cryogenically frozen?29m
- S1E89Will we run out of sand?30m
- S1E90What's So Funny?27m
- S1E91The Origin of Life30m
- S1E92Does Punishment Work?30m
- S1E93What Are Our Imaginations For?30m
- S1E94Can We Trick Our Genes?30m
- S1E95Amasia: The Supercontinent of the Future30m
- S1E96Do Dogs Really Love Us?27m
- S1E97Do We Need Corruption?25m
- S1E98Are Animals Cleverer than Us?25m
- S1E99Are Billionaires a Problem?27m
- S1E100How strongly does our mother tongue shape us?27m
- S1E101Do We Live in a Multiverse?29m
- S1E102Does History Repeat Itself?29m
- S1E103Are there too many of us on Earth?26m
- S1E104Is stress good for us?30m
- S1E105Do Disasters Make Us Better?26m
- S1E106Is the Metaverse Real?29m
- S1E107Do We All Have a Doppelganger?28m
- S1E108Could We Programme Evoluton?30m
- S1E109Is There an Upside to Climate Change?27m
- S1E110Do We Need More Utopias?26m
- S1E111Can we control clouds?28m
- S1E112Does Sugar Make Us Stupid?28m
- S1E113What if the poles reversed again?29m
- S1E114What power do smells have?29m
- S1E115Can We Shrink the Economy?25m
- S1E116How Do Plants Live?28m
- S1E117How to Become Popular25m
- S1E118Do We Need to Have Power?30m
- S1E119Should Humans Be Smaller?26m
- S1E120Is AI Out of Control?30m
- S1E121Are Invasive Species Always a Problem?25m
- S1E122Would We Be Happier Without Happiness?27m
- S1E123Why Do We Cry?29m
- S1E124Could Sea Currents Change?27m
- S1E125Could Matriarchy Be the Solution?28m
- S1E126Are Aliens Like Us?30m
- S1E127Is Pain Necessary?27m
- S1E128Do Animals Have Better Societies?28m
- S1E129How Powerful are Maps?30m
- S1E130Does Quantum Physics Change Our Reality?30m
- S1E131Why Do We Have Less Sex?29m
- S1E132Has Slavery Made Us Racist?28m
- S1E133Why Is Housing So Expensive?30m
- S1E134Can We Make Friends with Our Enemies?29m
- S1E135Can We Replace Pollination?30m
- S1E136Are We Taking Enough Risks?28m
- S1E137Who Really Were Our Ancestors?29m
- S1E138Is a World Without Violence Possible?29m
- S1E139Can We Remember Precisely?29m
- S1E140What Holds the Universe Together?30m
- S1E141Do We Need God?26m
- S1E142What Protests Work?31m
- S1E143How do Children Function?27m
- S1E144Will We Grieve Differently in Future?30m
- S1E145Do We Need Weapons for Peace?30m
- S1E146What Should We Actually Eat?25m
- S1E147Are We Ready for Aliens?28m
- S1E148How Important is Our Microbiome?26m
- S1E149Why Is Wealth So Unfairly Distributed?28m
- S1E150What Makes Us Depressed?26m
- S1E151Does the Perfect Code Exist?29m
- S1E152Are We Ready for World Government?29m
- S1E153Are We Wasting Period Blood?29m
- S1E154Can We Feel Time?26m
- S1E155How Does Water Create Life?28m
- S1E156Are Cyborgs the Future?30m
- S1E157Can We Save Truth?30m
- S1E158Can We Cure Addictions?28m
- S1E159Are We Too Curious?28m
- S1E160What Did Dinosaurs Really Look Like?28m
- S1E161Can We Outwit Viruses?29m
- S1E162Where Does Madness Begin?28m
- S1E163Should We Be Bored More Often?30m
- S1E164How Powerful is Disinformation?30m
- S1E165Why Do Civilisations Fall?30m
- S1E166Should We Argue More?28m
- S1E167How Mathematic is the Universe?30m
- S1E168Is The World Better Than We Think?30m
- S1E169How Smart Are the Animals We Eat28m
- S1E170Does Failure Help Us Succeed?27m
- S1E171Was Stone-Age Man Dumber Than Us?29m
- S1E172The Age of Fire29m
- S1E173Why Does Music Move Us?30m
- S1E174Optimisation: Is It Making Us Mad?28m
- S1E175Is a Superbug Pandemic Coming?26m
- S1E176Can Humans Hibernate?25m
- S1E177Does Society Need Alcohol?30m
- S1E178...We Make Free Decisions?28m
- S1E179What was there before the Big Bang?27m
- S1E180How Powerful Are Images?30m
- S1E181How Does the Female Orgasm Work?30m
- S1E182Is Space Debris Dangerous for Earth?30m
- S1E183Can Our Brains Still Concentrate?30m
- S1E184Why Do We Love Horror?30m
- S1E185Does Planet Nine Really Exist?30m
- S1E186Are We An Evolutionary Superspecies?29m
- S1E187Are Wasps Game Changers of Evolution?29m
- S1E188Why do we sing?29m
- S1E189How monogamous are humans?29m