The metric system is far superior to the bizarre system of feet, miles, pounds, and gallons used in the United States. The whole rest of the world seems to get this. So why aren’t we doing it ...

The system itself uses ten-day weeks, ten-hour days, and 100-minute hours which makes it more in line with the base-10 system common to the rest of the metric system.

Joe Scott. Why Don't We Have Metric Time? ¦ Answers With Joe. Posted: May 16, 2025 | Last updated: May 16, 2025. The metric system revolutionized the world and simplified how we measure things.

I am finally going to teach myself the metric system - almost 40 years late, but better late than never. Sheila Rosenberg lives in Toronto. Illustration by Leeay Aikawa.

A harmonized measurement system is one of humanity’s greatest achievements and for any government to promote a return to the old ways is foolishness beyond measure. In the words of the French ...

Although the United States hasn’t adopted the metric system as the sole system of measurement, in reality, we use the metric system every day. “This is particularly the case in medicine ...

Meet the metric system’s newest prefixes: ronna-, quetta-, ronto- and quecto-. Adopted November 18 at the 27th General Conference on Weights and Measures in Versailles, France, ronna- and quetta ...

This is the first time that new prefixes have been added to the metric system since the addition of zetta (10˄21), zepto (10˄minus21), yotta (10˄24) and yocto (10˄minus24), which were all ...

Hillger also believes that it’s only a matter of time before the U.S. adopts the metric system. “We’re eventually going to get there,” he says. “I say it’s inevitable, ...