The time has finally come for the metric system’s long-scheduled upgrade. Next week, the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) will meet for the 26th time. When it does, it will revamp the ...

The world’s most perfect weight isn’t so perfect anymore. And that has scientists scared. Hidden in a vault outside Paris, vacuum-sealed under three bell jars, sits a palm-sized metal cylinder known ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Le kilogramme est mort. Vive le kilogramme! The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology called this Friday a “turning ...

The pint lives on: The European Commission has ditched its attempt to impose the metric system on Ireland and Britain, where a grocer was once convicted of selling bananas by the pound rather than by ...

We’ve long known that there were some issues with France’s ‘Le Grand K’, the international prototype for what a kilogram really is. Made in 1879 from platinum and iridium alloy, it is the perfect ...

Ever wondered what happened to our country’s conversion to the metric system? I did too. So, I did some digging and turned up some dead bodies in the process. Advertisement Article continues below ...

In 1793, French scientist Joseph Dombey boarded a ship bound for the United States carrying with him a standard kilogram weight. Thanks to... How Pirates Of The Caribbean Hijacked America's Metric ...

Balancing act The two systems of measurement – imperial and metric – are often used together in UK shops. (Courtesy: iStock/Paolo Paradiso) When I was at primary school in the 1960s, measurements were ...