In the case of metric prefixes like kilo, mega, and pico, it is apparently the General Conference on Weights and Measures that recently had its 27th session. As a result of that, ...

New weight of the world . The new prefixes can simplify how we talk about some pretty big objects. “If we think about mass, instead of distance, the Earth weighs approximately six ronnagrams ...

As you may have guessed, we also now have terms for 10-27 and 10-30: ronto and quecto.. While there are few things that can’t adequately be described in terms of the existing prefixes, it’s ...

As the system of prefixes can now encompass a 1 followed by 24 zeroes, most scientists will be happy to use 10 25 and the like for anything bigger. But not college students: a group at the ...