I'm looking to review my science & math basics. Why? Just personal satisfaction, really. I want to brush up on my core knowledge before I lodge my head back in the clouds where it belongs.

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NORFOLK, Va. — Crunch time is on as families are in the final stretch before school starts. When college students get their syllabus, one of the first things they’ll need to do is purchase textbooks.

If you were an American college student studying biology in the 1970s, your course textbook probably contained information about standard topics like photosynthesis, cellular division, genetics and ...