In the meantime, a new system of weights and measures, developed by French scientists following the Revolution of 1789, gained increasing international use. This metric system had as its fundamental ...

The metric system vs. imperial system debate has raged on for years, but is one truly better? From NASA losing a $328 million spacecraft due to a conversion error to ...

‘The metric system did not really catch on in the States,” humorist Dave Barry once joked, “unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.” There, in one pithy ...

H ave you ever noticed that systems of measurement tends to change when you leave the United States? Weight is typically ...

I-19, which connects Tucson and Mexico, has measured distance in kilometers since the 1970s. It’s now under review ...