An Exceptional Species

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

Be they mermaids or octopuses, artists are pushing the boundaries of species and challenging the place of human beings at the top. 

In France, in the Massif Central, Sarah Singla practices conservation agriculture.

 Twist meets the singular people who dive into dange,r be they artists, scientists, climbers or photojournalists.

The scale of our world tests the capacity of the human brain, which struggles to understand the vastness of the universe.

The probability of life existing nowhere else but on Earth is slim.

In the history of the earth, the age of man is no more than a brief moment in time.

Human beings are perhaps not the dominant species they think they are. Many other species are more numerous, larger, live longer, are more powerful or resilient.

Human beings created art, science, philosophy and religion. But they have also exploited the world and each other and could make their planet uninhabitable.

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.

Cologne, Autumn 1944: In the bombed-out city, a small group of young people put up armed resistance against the Nazi regime

What does hair symbolise in the visual arts, from the 15th century to the present day?

Why are hundreds of French people moving to illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank? Data Sources investigates.

Audio pornography leaves room for the imagination while arousing the listener with erotic stories

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

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

In the hills above Madrid, Europe’s largest wildlife hospital takes in more than 10,000 animals every year.

Art and nature with adventurer Lise Wortley, photographer Max Fischer, The Walk Productions and artist and runner Vincent Dogna.

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