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From: jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2017 10:39 PM To: LHS Subject: Re: AAAS Kali Science Journalism Award when you have time for a chat On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at=12:33 PM, LHS > wrote: Where r u. Did u really write my w=fe that "kids don't read" You must have perspecti=es on current events.... Sent from my iPhone Please direct all scheduling inquiries to my office at Begin forwarded message: From: John Steele <mailto: Date: November 15, 2017 at 12:28:51 PM EST To: Lisa Ne mailto > >, Lhs < <mailto Su ject: MM Kai Science Journalism Award Lisa and Larry, For the second time in three years, a Nautilus article has won the pre=tigious AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award <https://sjawards.aaas.org/2017winners?utm_source=3D64&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=AAAS-Kavli- Awards-(@AAASKa=li)&utm_term=Kavli&utm_content=AAAS> . J.B. MacKinnon, a Canadian freelancer for Nautilus, won the Silver Award in =he magazine category for a piece exploring why Alex Honnold, who climbs towering rock =ails without ropes or protective equipment, does not experience fear like =he rest of us. SILVER AWARD EFTA_R1_01730116 EFTA02565579  J.B. MacKinnon J.B. MacKinnon Nautilus "The Strange Brain of the World's Greatest Solo Climber" <http://nautiLus/issue/39/sport/the-strange-brain-of- the-worlds-=reatest-solo-climber> July/August 2016 Alex Honnold, the world's greatest solo climber, doesn't ex=erience fear like the rest of us. He climbs to dizzying heights without a =ope or protective equipment of any kind, shuffles across narrow sills of s=one such as the "Thank God" ledge high atop the sheer granite face of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. When J.B. MacKi=non, a Canadian freelance writer, approached Honnold about having scientis=s look at what goes on in his unusual brain, the climber said he once woul= have been afraid to submit himself to such scrutiny. But he agreed, and the result was a fascinating tour of =he topography and activity of Honnold's brain. When he and a contr=l subject, another sensation-seeking rock climber, viewed gruesome, high-a=ousal photographs during functional magnetic resonance imaging brain scans, Honnold's amygdala — the br=in's fear center — showed zero activation while the other =limber's lit up like a neon sign. The piece goes on to describe th= known functions of the amygdala and the nucleus accumbens, another brain structure, and explores the concepts of consolidation and visualization. T=e study of Honnold's brain was strictly observational, but the res=archer involved said it raises intriguing questions about brain control an= regulation that might be applicable to other conditions such as anxiety disorders. "Everyone seemed to be=saying that Alex Honnold must be 'wired differently' in or=er to pull off his incredible feats of ropeless rock climbing, and I thoug=t, 'Well, these days we can find out if that's true, =99" MacKinnon said. "The answer proved to be more complicated and more=fascinating. In the end, my own relationship with fear and climbing was so=deeply changed that I was able to do some very humble ropeless rock c=imbing myself." Robert Lee Hotz, a science writer for the The Wall Street Journal=C2 said MacKinnon's story "lights up with the joy of gre=t reporting and ambitious enterprise: Who else would put the world =99s most adventurous free climber into a brain scanner to probe the neural circuits that make most of us shudder, squirm and squeal =ith panic?" Very exciting for Nautilus, John John St=ele Publish=r & Editorial Director Nautilu= 25 Broadway, 9th Floor <https://maps.google.com/?q=25+Broadway,+9th+Floor560D+_New+Yor=,+NY+10004_&entry=gmail&source=g> </=> 2 EFTA_R1_01730117 EFTA02565580  New York, NY 10004 <https://maps.google.com/?q=25+Broadway,+9th+Floor%0D-E_New+Yor=,+NY+10004_&entry=gmail&source=g> </=ont> =AO please note The information contained i= this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged,=may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use =f the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclos=re or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly pro=ibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication =n error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to =a href="mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com" target="_blank">jeevacation@gmai..com, and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, inc=uding all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved 3 EFTA_R1_01730118 EFTA02565581