42: The Answer to Almost Everything

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

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

Children are often afraid of the dark or of monsters under the bed. These fears are not only a natural part of their development, but also an opportunity to grow.

Are we happier when we live a healthy life? Or does being happy make us healthy?

Does wealth make you happy? Or maybe true wealth is having nothing at all?

Once the fad of Californian billionaires, the quest for longevity is now a global trend.

With the Kidcore aesthetic on TikTok apparently, Gen Z longs for the comforting world of childhood.

Children often experience their first feelings of love at nursery age.  What does it feel like for children? 

Who really were our ancestors? And what can our DNA tell us about them and us?

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.

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

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

After years of moving towards a cashfree society, Europe is weighing up the risks.

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

Nick Cave brings the full force of his live performance, filled with mystical fervour and passionate celebration, to Paris.

British band bring Me The Horizon bring their power metalcore to the main stage at Hellfest.

With growing incursions since the start of the war in Ukraine, the EU hopes to implement an anti-drone shield.

In the 17th century, many Dutch women painters excelled at depicting the natural world in their art.

An old man swims in the sea. As he moves through the water, memories resurface...