THE readers of the article by Mrs. Anderton and P. H. Bigg on ‘The Yard Unit of Length’ 1 may be interested in the results of an investigation following a discussion on metric to inch conversion. The ...

When it comes to measurement systems, the world largely follows a single standard: The metric system. Yet, the United States remains one of the few countries that continues to primarily use the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- If someone built a monument to U.S. metric conversion, it could take the shape of a 2-liter bottle of pop. Funny, huh? Thirty years after the country went metric, and this is all ...

When Sally Mitchell, a science teacher at East Syracuse Minoa Central High in Syracuse, New York, spoke to a group of students at the recent U.S. Department of Energy National Science Bowl, she ...