From currency and commerce, food labels to laboratories, the metric system is the foundation of many science and math fields. To mark our 100th episode (a multiple of 10, which is the basis for ...

The United States and United Kingdom shared a system of measurements until 1824, when the Weights and Measures Act standardized the existing British customary units, changing them slightly, and ...

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The EU is trying to force this upon us because the fact that British people can work with either system (I am a 20 year old engineer) gives the UK an advantage when it comes to trading with the US, ...

How the UK moved to metric. The decision to start adopting the metric system was taken before the UK first joined the EEC in 1973.. A switch to the metric system was discussed in the House of Commons ...

While these three countries continue to use the imperial system, both Liberia and Myanmar are gradually introducing metric units, which are already widely used in some contexts. In the United ...

Hiding in plain sight. First, the facts: “It’s been legal to use the metric system in the United States since 1866,” says Elizabeth Benham, program leader of the federal metric program at ...

"We know how important this is to the British people and are grateful for the commission's support for this use to continue." The UK first mooted plans to convert to an all-metric system in 1965. That ...

Inspired by Brexit vote, members of The Active Resistance to Metrication launch ‘raids’ and dodge police to convert signs to imperial measures. Mr. Bennett’s dash through the hedges.

Boris Johnson's government is eyeing a move to allow shop stalls and supermarkets to use only imperial units in all transactions, ditching a metric requirement from when the U.K. was in the EU.

U.K. U.K. Weighs Saying Cheerio to Metric System. Opponent: ‘This Is Insane.’ Freed of an EU edict, government formally studies dumping meters and embracing old measurements ...