REASON MAGAZINE (DECEMBER 2023) – The latest issue features The Endangered Species Act at 50 – Why have so few species been taken off the endangered species list?; Dobbs and the abortion debate is reshaping American Politics; Will Russia ever be free?, and more…

The Endangered Species Act at 50

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Why have so few species been taken off the endangered species list?

The Abundance Agenda Promises Everything to Everyone All at Once

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Some progressives want to remove bureaucratic obstacles to growth—in the service of Democrats and big government.

CHRISTIAN BRITSCHGI

Dobbs Is Reshaping American Politics

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A wave of ballot measures reminds us most Americans are moderate on abortion.

ELIZABETH NOLAN BROWN

Will Russia Ever Be Free?

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Promise and peril in post-Putin Russia

CATHY YOUNG

Scientific American – November 2023: The issue features Woman The Hunter – New science debunks the myth that men evolved to hunt and women to gather; Interspecies Organ Transplants; Materials Made in Space; The Legacy of the Endangered Species Act, and more…

The Evolutionary Reasons We Are Drawn to Horror Movies and Haunted Houses

Scary play lets people—and other animals—rehearse coping skills for disturbing challenges in the real world

By Coltan Scrivner and Athena Aktipis

Can We Save Every Species from Extinction?

The Endangered Species Act requires that every U.S. plant and animal be saved from extinction, but after 50 years, we have to do much more to prevent a biodiversity crisis

By Robert Kunzig