The metric system is used to measure the length, mass or capacity of an object. Length is measured in millimetres (mm), centimetres (cm), metres (m) or kilometres (km). Mass or weight is measured in ...

Patients at Concord Hospital who weren’t paying attention during their most recent office visit might think that they had lost an awful lot of weight. The hospital and its affiliated private practices ...

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 ...

A recent Santa Barbara Charter School press release puts the American measurement system in the spotlight. The charter announced a $5,000 grant secured to support an interactive metric system learning ...

“Beyond Measure,” by James Vincent, tells the story of human civilization through its systems of measurement, showing how they have promoted knowledge, social control and ongoing conflict. By Jennifer ...