The Answer to Everything

What makes clouds actually move and do we have any control over it?

As children, we all wondered if we could dig our way through the Earth. If we started digging in Paris and kept going downwards, we'd end up in the ocean after 12,700 kilometers, just off the coast of New Zealand. But it's not that simple.

The moon was thought to be a closed chapter. So why, 50 years after the last astronaut left Earth's natural satellite, is there a new rush to the moon?

How many people can the Earth actually sustain? And if there really are too many of us – which of us is actually too many?

We think in words. We usually do this in our native language. It allows us to put the world around us into words. But languages differ. The toolbox they provide can be completely different.

Whether it's buying the rights to host football world championships or bribing politicians: corruption works well until someone finds out about it.