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- 42 is the answer to these 5 fundamental questions https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/42-answer-fundamental-questions/ 12 comments
- It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answered the ultimate question https://www.npr.org/2021/10/17/1046593657/its-been-42-years-since-the-hitchhikers-guide-answered-the-ultimate-question 131 comments
- 42: Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything https://github.com/rsapkf/42 2 comments
- $.answer=42 http://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js 25 comments
- [Highlight] Vikings answer right back with a 42-yard Jordan Addison TD! https://twitter.com/NFL/status/1744094073353601455 83 comments nfl
- [Schneidman] Brian Gutekunst says “we worked hard for that second pick” in his answer about potentially moving back up into the first round. Packers have 42 and 45 in Round 2. “The board held up strong. I feel good about tomorrow.” https://twitter.com/mattschneidman/status/1651799397276037120?s=19 44 comments nfl
- It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy' answered the ultimate question https://www.npr.org/2021/10/17/1046593657/its-been-42-years-since-the-hitchhikers-guide-answered-the-ultimate-question 291 comments books
- I asked GPT-3 for the question to “42”. I didn’t like its answer. https://muellerberndt.medium.com/i-asked-gpt-3-for-the-question-to-42-i-didnt-like-its-answer-and-neither-will-you-33f425a4d60f 10 comments philosophy
- Discussion Thread: 2020 General Election Part 42 | Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/jonu2g/discussion_thread_2020_general_election_part_42/ 17089 comments politics
- Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy turns 42! Same as the answer to life, the universe and everything! https://www.economist.com/prospero/2020/03/06/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-turns-42 3 comments worldnews
- Scientists finally solve the question of the answer 42. https://www.sciencealert.com/the-sum-of-three-cubes-problem-has-been-solved-for-42 4 comments science
- Bihar: 42,000 lost answer sheets of Class 10 exam recovered from scrap dealer https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bihar-42-000-lost-answer-sheets-of-class-10-exam-recovered-from-scrap-dealer-1268048-2018-06-23 3 comments india
- Scientists counted all the protein molecules in a cell and the answer really is 42. http://www.sciencealert.com/simple-cell-has-42-million-protein-molecules-life-universe-everything 558 comments books
- Why did Trump win? New research by Democrats offers a worrisome answer | "42 percent of Obama-Trump voters said congressional Democrats’ economic policies will favor the wealthy, vs. only 21 percent of them who said the same about Trump." https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/05/01/why-did-trump-win-new-research-by-democrats-offers-a-worrisome-answer/?utm_term=.8e2cef3f8465 23 comments politics
- 42 questions, and 42 answers, about Obamacare http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/25/youve-got-42-obamacare-questions-wonkblog-has-42-answers/ 5 comments politics
- Solving the World's Energy Problem, Without a Budget: the Air Force's Space-Based Solar Power Initiative (Hint: the answer is 42) http://moonandback.com/2012/09/04/coyote-smith-space-based-solar-power-moonandback-interview/ 5 comments space
- TIL that 42, the answer to life the universe and everything, translates into Japanese as "unto death." I thought it put an interesting spin on the series. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(number)#In_religion 8 comments books
- 101010 is binary for 42. On October 10th of this year, 10-10-10, 42 Day is being celebrated globally. How do you plan to celebrate the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything? http://www.fortytwoday.com/ 40 comments reddit.com
- Finally, the answer to the question as to why the answer to the great question of the life, the universe, and everything is 42. http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.douglas-adams/msg/d1064f7b27808692?pli=1 4 comments reddit.com
- 42 Minutes! Answered Everything http://sciencehack.com/videos/view/fafusbis5ka 8 comments science
- Why 42? After 30 years of the Hitchhikers Guide, what's the answer? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7283155.stm 33 comments reddit.com
- Is the answer not 42, but maybe 10^122 ? http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080220/full/news.2008.610.html 155 comments science
- AFTER pondering the weighty question of the mass of the Milky Way galaxy, astronomers have come up with an answer: 42. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22025326-2,00.html 2 comments reddit.com
- 42 big questions that we dont know the answer to. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.02/bigquestions.html 33 comments reddit.com
- The number 42 has pop culture significance. In mathematics, entirely by coincidence, there exists a polynomial equation for which the answer, 42, had eluded mathematicians for decades. Mathematicians have now published solutions for 42 and 3, along with several other numbers greater than 100. https://news.mit.edu/2021/solution-3-sum-cubes-puzzle-0311 11 comments science
- Your answer to the famous trolley problem—is it okay to sacrifice one person to save many?—may be shaped by more by culture than other factors, according to a recent study of 70,000 participants in 42 countries. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/1/24/21078196/morality-ethics-culture-universal-subjective 67 comments philosophy