"I don't see why I need to learn the metric system, anyway. We don't use it." It is always a shock when one of your children utters a phrase you yourself uttered when you were their age. Somewhere I ...

As ever more digital data is created and stored, the world needs more unit measurements to keep up with the ever-expanding numbers. To do so, the 27th General Conference on Weights and Measures on ...

In physical science class we had to debate over what we think of converting to the metric system and that really got me thinking. Is the customary system really benefiting the US? There are many ...

I was at the supermarket recently when I took note of something my eyes had passed thousands of times before. The cans of my favorite sodas were 12 ounces, while the bottles were 2 liters. It caught ...