perish/die: same thing

so this duo at UCSF in 1987 found out the ion selectivity filter of the potassium channel. later on, some guy at Brandeis did something with scorpion toxins blocking those channels. his student, working at rockefeller, determined the 3D structure of the K+ channel. he got a nobel prize in 2003. student surpasses master?

does the teacher get any reward for mentoring the student? or just a simple acknowledgment in his speech?

do you ever hear of any 2nd or lower-tiered universities coming out with innovative publications? bottom-dwellers? then again, some liberal arts universities (or was it colleges) are electing to not be ranked by u.s. news and instead are publishing some variation of the grading system online.

my book is written by an HHMI prof at MIT, co-authored by two prof's from Brown. Do the credentials of the person authoring the book necessarily/accurately reflect the quality of instruction.

i'm making notes of the chapters. if textbooks were bound paperbacks the size of one of my leisure books, i'd be more likely to read it.

trigeminal neuralgia- the worst pain humans can endure is to the face? even worse than childbirth. hmm, somehow i can't relate to that.

time zone differences don't register for me. i think i've lived in PST my entire life.

ah yes, back to research. janey talked to me over the summer about this ideal life of hers being married to a fellow colleague doing collaborations on research. even if i pursued a career in research, the research interests would probably be too discrepant. the answer's still no.