The metric system is on track for a mass makeover. In an effort to provide accurate measurements at all scales, scientists are preparing to redefine four basic units by the end of 2018. The shift will ...

Metric Units for the Solar System is an exploration of our relationship with the systems of ‘standardized units’ we have created to order society; examining the various tensions implicit in the ...

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 ...

Many people feel disturbed by or even hostile to the metric system. It`s strange that Americans react so emotionally to a measuring system. After all, there is nothing immoral, criminal, dangerous or ...

Americans have long used diverse weights and measures, reflecting their diverse origins. From colonial times, converting from one unit to another was part of courses in commercial arithmetic. The ...

From currency and commerce, food labels to laboratories, the metric system is the foundation of many science and math fields. And while the United States hasn't fully adopted the metric system, the ...