If you're not used to the metric system, traveling abroad might be a little tricky. Fortunately, there are tips to help you ...

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 ...

The United States is one of just three countries that "prefers" imperial measurements over the international metric standard. The motivation why has less to do with official policy than you might ...

We’ll blame Thomas Jefferson. Oh, not entirely; there are more than 200 years’ worth of criticism to dole out. But in wondering why the United States is not entirely on the metric system, the blame ...

The time has finally come for the metric system’s long-scheduled upgrade. Next week, the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) will meet for the 26th time. When it does, it will revamp the ...

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 ...

Have you ever noticed that systems of measurement tends to change when you leave the United States? Weight is typically measured in kilograms instead of pounds, distance is measured in kilometers over ...

Mathematician and author, the Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794) was an aristocrat who nevertheless embraced the early stage of the French Revolution. Even as the Jacobins hunted him down during the ...

Thank you, Mike Francis, for your Editorial Sketchbook in Sunday's edition, which inspired this piece for submission consideration ("Embassy with unwelcome embellishments," Nov. 1. I love my job. As a ...