Most people think the U.S. never adopted the metric system - but that’s not the whole story. Long before Europe standardized its measurements, America quietly implemented a system based on the very ...

St. Vincent de Paul School in Cape Girardeau is celebrating metric measurements this week. Virginia Sander, a junior high math teacher, said she got the idea to celebrate metric week from an e-mail ...

Now that the United Kingdom is outside the European Union, it’s reviewing thousands of EU rules and regulations to see which it should jettison. Among them is the compulsory use of the metric system ...

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 ...

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 ...

Following the loss of the Mars Climate Observer, the NASA Office of Inspector General initiated a review of the Agency’s use of the metric system. By law and policy, the metric system is the preferred ...