THIS diagram of the metric units of length, area and volume is printed on a sheet of paper about 3 feet 6 inches by 2 feet 6 inches. The various measures are shown full size. To be of the greatest use ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. While most nations use the metric system—those units of decimals ...

Meet the metric system’s newest prefixes: ronna-, quetta-, ronto- and quecto-. Science News spoke with Richard Brown, head of metrology at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, England, ...

We Americans measure things our own way. Our yardsticks are marked in feet and inches, measures that are unfathomable to foreigners, nearly all of whom have been brought up in a decimals-only ...

Expats and tourists from the United States come to Costa Rica with a handicap. While most of the rest of the world, including Costa Rica, is using the metric system, the U.S., despite several efforts ...

May is a month full of celebrations—everything from May Day and Cinco de Mayo to Mother’s Day and Memorial Day. Largely forgotten in the cornucopia of May celebrations, however, is National Metric ...

When former Rhode Island senator and governor Lincoln Chafee formally jumped into the presidential race on Wednesday, he made a splash. There are good reasons to take Chafee’s bid seriously, but his ...

Ever wondered what happened to our country’s conversion to the metric system? I did too. So, I did some digging and turned up some dead bodies in the process. Advertisement Article continues below ...

A system of weights and measures that uses the gram, meter and liter as its primary units of weight, distance and capacity. The metric system is the primary standard used all over the world except in ...

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 ...