Meet the metric system’s newest prefixes: ronna-, quetta-, ronto- and quecto-. Adopted November 18 at the 27th General Conference on Weights and Measures in Versailles, France, ronna- and quetta ...

Scientists have approved the introduction of four new prefixes that can be applied to units of measurement in the metric system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

In the 1790s, piracy of a ship carrying metric standards intended for then-U.S. Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson played a role in America's decision to not adopt the metric system.

Slowly, the metric system spread throughout the nation, first thanks to brass standards issued to the states to help them standardize their weights and measurements, then thanks to the Treaty of ...

The metric system typically wasn’t taught in American elementary schools prior to 1972, but that changed in 1974 with the Metric Education Amendments.

America has had a funny relationship with the metric system; we’ve gone about halfway. We buy Coke in 12-ounce cans, but in 2-liter bottles.

The metric system was born from the French Revolution, which also caused the de-christianization of France. I think it’d be a bit inappropriate the birth of JC become a reference point of the ...

The metric system was invented by atheists during the French Revolution to turn us into robots. That’s why the metric system works better with calculations but is less intuitive.