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This article was originally published with the title “An Ancient Metric System” inScientific American Magazine Vol. 32 No. 7(February 1875), p. 97doi:10.1038/scientificamerican02131875-97d ...

Some people say it was invented by aliens, but regardless, the ancient metric system is responsible for measuring time, months, our calendar and almost every culture — outside of the US, of ...

To handle an exponential growth in data, the metric system is getting its first update in three decades Based on the measuring system's new prefixes, Earth’s mass is about six ronnagrams. That ...

The battle of the standards: why the US and UK can’t stop fighting the metric system Metric units have conquered the globe, but in the US and the UK, their presence has become part of a culture ...

A 600-mile-long network of stone walls along the Nile served as an ancient water management system.

The ancient whale Perucetus colossus (illustrated) might have edged out blue whales for the title of heaviest known animal, possibly weighing up to 340 metric tons.

The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well as evidence of a cult of personality around a particularly charismatic ...

Are Pirates Who Hijacked Measuring Tools Intended for Thomas Jefferson the Reason US Isn't Metric? "This country could have gone metric right from the beginning," the claim goes, "instead of being ...

The UK government said on Wednesday it had dropped its plan to start selling in imperial measures after a consultation revealed 99 per cent support for keeping the metric system.