Confoundingly, the U.S. has stood on the sidelines for centuries as the rest of the world has adopted the metric system as its standard not only in science but in everyday life. (Meanwhile, we ...

Find out what a metric measurement is and learn the different units of measurement in this BBC Bitesize maths guide.

Units from the metric system can be used to describe the mass, volume or length of an object. Mass is measured in grams (g) and kilograms (kg). Volume is measured in millilitres (ml) and litres (l ...

When last encountered, the metric system was being rebuffed by an American public not all that interested in walking 1.61 kilometers for a Camel. But even as other icons from the 1970s try to come ...

As the Olympics have shown, participation in sports at this high level can teach discipline, perseverance and teamwork. But can the Olympics teach U.S. athletes to think in meters and kilos ...

However, during its coverage of the rugby world cup, RTÉ uses the metric system when giving the weight of the Irish pack. Why one measurement system for one sport and not the other?

The Two-Way How Pirates Of The Caribbean Hijacked America's Metric System This is the first expansion of the measurement system since 1991, according to the National Physical Laboratory.

Are Pirates Who Hijacked Measuring Tools Intended for Thomas Jefferson the Reason US Isn't Metric? "This country could have gone metric right from the beginning," the claim goes, "instead of being ...

In one of the math classes I teach, there are adults from China, Haiti, Ethiopia, Brazil, Colombia, and an array of other countries. The group is about as diverse as you can imagine, but the one ...