Author Archives: nikoblock

A Brief History of the Future: Reflections on the Death of Space Travel

Posted on December 1, 2012

NASA will launch a mission in 2009 called Kepler to monitor nearly 200,000 stars for the shadows of planets the size of Earth. Let’s say we find dozens or hundreds of Earths, or even thousands, as some astronomers predict. What … Continue reading →

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Gated Communities and the Oil Boom in Los Angeles County

Posted on September 16, 2012
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Activism and Invisibility: Caryl Chessman, George Jackson and the California Prison Movement 1954 – 1977

Posted on September 16, 2012
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Thomas More’s invention of utopia: From thought experiment to manifesto

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The California Gold Rush and the Emergence of Open-Entry Mining in the United States

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Women in Hamas: Islamic feminism within a nationalist struggle

Posted on September 16, 2012
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Imperial bodies: Nation-building and the first wave’s eugenics

Posted on September 16, 2012
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