The United States is known for sticking to miles, pounds, and gallons, but behind the scenes, those units are actually defined using the metric system. Even official standards and measurements trace ...

If you grew up in the United States, you probably learned the United States Customary System (USCS) for weights and measures. USCS terms like inches, feet, pounds, and miles are derived from the ...

I-19 in southern AZ is the only metric interstate in U.S. TUCSON, AZ — Former Scripps News Tucson traffic reporter Allen "Big Al" Kath points out a large sign on a recent drive along Interstate 19. He ...

Here’s a good trivia question: What are the only 3 countries in the world that do not use the metric system? Everybody knows the good ol’ hard headed USA is in there, but the other two? How about ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I’ve met a lot of people and learned a lot ...

1 In late 1975, President Gerald Ford had a unique vision for making America great again. He wanted to embrace a French invention – one that Thomas Jefferson himself had championed. He wanted America ...

Last Aug. 28, at the “Ready-For-School” event in the Middle School, I overheard one SLCSD teacher say to another: “China’s technology beats ours because we haven’t embraced the metric system.” I know ...