How It Works issue 53 preview

* Hypergiant stars – Follow the life cycle of these massive stars which can be over 2,000 times bigger than our Sun

* Birds of prey – Find out the anatomy that enables raptors to hunt down prey from hundreds of metres up in the sky

* Deep-sea mining – The advanced excavation tools set to hunt for valuable minerals buried deep under the sea

* Next-gen nuclear power – What new tech is shaping nuclear to be the energy of the future?

* Amazing helicopters – The engineering that powers the most advanced wingless aircraft

* The real Brontosaurus – Meet one of the Jurassic era’s greatest giants: the Apatosaurus