How the Neanderthals live on in our genes. Robin Ince interviews Svante Paabo in Leipzig.

A once in 10,000 year event gave astrophysicist Thaisa Storchi Bergman her eureka moment

From Athens the BBC's Jonathan Dimbleby discusses Greece and its relationship with the EU with a panel of politicians and thinkers - The Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos; the former Mayor of Athens and former Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis; underwater archaeologist and union official Despina Koutsoumba; and Josef Janning, Senior Policy Adviser at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

Professor Sadaf Farooqi looks at why some people put on weight and others don’t

Queen of Pain, Prof Irene Tracey shows how the brain can be easily tricked to feel pain

As Europe faces some of the biggest crises of modern times - the mass movement of migrants across its borders, and now the attacks on Paris - Jonathan Dimbleby hosts a discussion on these and other important issues impacting Europe.

Gareth Mitchell and a local audience meet professors Nick White and Francois Nosten, who developed one of the most effective treatments against malaria. However, on the borders of Thailand and Myanmar resistance to the drug has developed and the challenge is to stop resistance spreading to the rest of the world and causing millions of deaths. Exchanges at the Frontier travels to where the resistance is emerging to discover the innovative but controversial plan to halt drug resistance.

Professors Francois Nosten and Nick White have worked for 30 years in Thailand treating patients with malaria and researching treatments. They explain how they are now trying a controversial kill or cure plan to deploy their malaria-busting drug, not just to curb the disease but to eradicate it.

Does emotion influence decision making and do we make worse decisions as we get older?

Marine Biologist Mary Hagedorn has an innovative plan to save the coral reefs