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 ...

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 ...

The metric system is on track for a mass makeover. In an effort to provide accurate measurements at all scales, scientists are preparing to redefine four basic units by the end of 2018. The shift will ...

The metric system vs. imperial system debate has raged on for years, but is one truly better? From NASA losing a $328 million ...

When Democrat Lincoln Chafee told a group of mostly young journalists and even younger college students that if elected president he would convert the U.S. to the metric system, the response in 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 ...

I find your editorial, "U.S. should embrace metric system," misleading. I am an alumnus of Thames Valley State Technical College. It isn't the measuring system that is a problem; it's the precision.

Democratic presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee did not give a centimeter on his defense of the metric system Thursday, touting the economic benefits and the symbolic importance of the United States ...

The U.S. Metric Program may be the loneliest office in Washington. Located about 30 minutes from the White House, its headquarters is in the much larger—and better funded—“measurement standards ...