When tectonic plates collide or rub against each other, earthquakes send shockwaves through the ground, damaging anything standing in their way – so what can be done to halt them in their tracks?

Hurricane season comes every year, and with it damage, devastation and lives destroyed - is there some way we could stop it and harness the energy at the same time? 

Yellowstone Park holds an explosive secret beneath the idyllic mountains, forests and rivers that make this US National Park – can we stop a volcanic eruption that would destroy our civilisation?

In 2017, there were 10,000 deaths due to natural disasters. But could science help us prevent these catastrophes before they happen?

If country leaders manipulate the weather to do their bidding, could they create political tensions, or even all-out war?

Ahead of the London Marathon, we talk to Alex Hutchinson, author and former long-distance athlete about what it takes to push the human body to its limits.

Find out what the world's greatest scientist taught us in the new special edition from the makers of BBC Focus and BBC History Magazine.

They may be only small steps, but every little helps when it comes to saving the planet from problems such as plastic pollution, climate change and deforestation.

Anyone who went under the knife in the Victorian era knew there was more chance of meeting a grisly end than survival, but in her new book, Lindsey Fitzharris discovers the man who changed all this.

The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and Bikini Atoll are still devoid of humans. But without the threat of our presence, could wildlife thrive in a radioactive environment?