With the discovery of ever more exoplanets—over 6,000 now—scientists, of course, want to know if they are habitable for life.

As the October launch of the six-month rollout of the EU’s entry-exit system (EES) approaches, a number of myths and misconceptions about what it really means for travellers have surfaced. While some ...

Al Williams wrote up a seemingly innocent piece on a couple of rules-of-thumb to go between metric and US traditional units, and the comment section went wild! Nothing seems to rile up the Hackaday ...

Effortlessly switch between different metric units using our Metric System Converter, which allows for smooth conversions between meters, kilometers, kilocalories, and kilojoules. Metric units are ...

The US almost adopted the metric system—but a ship carrying the official standards was intercepted by pirates. That’s right, pirates may have changed the course of American measurement forever. This ...

The metric system is used by nearly every country in the world—except for a stubborn few. Why do countries like the U.S. continue to resist the global standard? In this video, we dive into the ...

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TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

Wondering why the United States measures things in inches and pounds? The answer will definitely surprise you All countries use the metric system to varying degrees. Most of the world has adopted the ...