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42: The Answer to Almost Everything
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.
2021 9.6/10 community score 1 season · 219 episodes Returning Series
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- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 219
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- Returning Series
Latest aired episode
S1 E216
Do Ready Meals Make Us Ill?
Aired 29 min
Quick, convenient, and widely available, ready-made foods seem perfectly suited to modern life. As more people live in cities, they may become an even bigger part of our diets. Yet studies suggest that eating large amounts of ultra-processed food may increase the risk of obesity and depression. What might the food of the future look like?
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S1 E217
Who killed Venus?
Scheduled air date 29 min
Venus is remarkably similar to Earth, yet it is the hottest planet in our Solar System. How did it become such an inferno? Clues suggest that Venus may once have had oceans, clouds, and perhaps even life. Like detectives, scientists are piecing together evidence to solve one of the Solar System’s greatest mysteries: What transformed Venus into the hostile world we see today?
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223 episodes
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