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Last Place on Earth

Alaska may be remote, but it is still affected by air pollution that envelopes the globe (Credit: Getty Images)
Last Place on Earth

The myth of pristine nature

By Rachel Nuwer

Are printed books really on the way out? (Credit: Getty Images)
Last Place on Earth

Are paper books really disappearing?

By Rachel Nuwer
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Last Place on Earth

Is the world running out of space?

By Rachel Nuwer
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Last Place on Earth

Will a machine take your job?

By Rachel Nuwer
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Last Place on Earth

When the sea swallows countries

By Rachel Nuwer
Joseph Stalin, whose rule oversaw up to 45 million Russian deaths (Getty Images)
Last Place on Earth

Will dictators disappear?

By Rachel Nuwer
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100 Year Life

The world's most exclusive club?

By Rachel Nuwer
An Indian Hindu devotee a day ahead of the Chhat festival (Getty Images)
Last Place on Earth

Will religion ever disappear?

By Rachel Nuwer
Manmade islands require redrawn maps (Getty Images)
Last Place on Earth

The last unmapped places

By Rachel Nuwer
Smog
Last Place on Earth

Is anywhere free from pollution?

By Rachel Nuwer
The sea lamprey, an invasive species in the Great Lakes, where it feeds on the blood of fish (SPL)
Last Place on Earth

Are ‘alien species’ everywhere?

By Rachel Nuwer
An indigenous man from the Brazilian Amazon (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Last Place on Earth

Sad truth of uncontacted tribes

By Rachel Nuwer
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Last Place on Earth

The mountains we’ve never climbed

By Rachel Nuwer
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Last Place on Earth

Why we must save dying languages

By Rachel Nuwer
The Kihansi spray toad is so rare, it only exists in captivity (Getty Images)
Last Place on Earth

What’s the world’s rarest animal?

By Rachel Nuwer
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Last Place on Earth

The world’s most endangered food

By Rachel Nuwer