42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Member states threatened by wildfires can currently call on the EU's civil protection mechanism. But could a united EU firefighting force be created in future?

Shipwrecks in the North Sea represent a serious threat to the environment and human life.

What should Europe do about its damaged and depleted soil?

NASA images reveal that Africa is a global wildfire hotspot.

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

Ex-footballer turned anti-poverty activist Neven Subotić discusses the books that changed his life.

Could our economy be organised differently and even shrink?

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

Sustainable consumption: is it all just greenwashing and deception?

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.

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

Was everything better in the past? Twist meets nostalgia enthusiasts to find out.

As the world heats up, cities around the world are responding to the challenges of climate change with fresh ideas.

With one of his paintings, Gerhard Richter made an intervention into a long-running an passionate debate: Which way round should you put the toilet roll?

It seems that scientist have proven that the enigmatic gaze of the Mona Lisa does not follow you as you move around the room. So why did we think that in the first place?

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

Lulu's young, and carefree. And pregnant. She's not ready. What now? 

Art Spiegelman’s Maus is an important literary work dealing with the holocaust. A deeply personal story, the graphic novel tells the tale of Spiegelman’s father’s experiences as a Polish Jew during World War 2. In a highly original way the work brings together past and present, memory and trauma.