When I asked in a tweet: “Has anyone got any genuine reasons why imperial is better than metric?” – I had over 2,000 replies in just over 24 hours. Did it help me make up my mind? One argument for ...
Canadians measure their height in feet and inches but record distances in kilometers, express the air temperature in degrees ...
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Why the world still can’t agree on how to measure things
Measurement is one of those invisible systems that quietly shape our daily lives, in terms of how we cook, how we shop, how ...
In prehistoric times, not much needed to be measured. You ate what you found and lived where you could. The advent of agriculture and civilization, however, necessitated a way for people to measure ...
KAYLA: Let’s build the new hover train system from the city to the beach. ZACH: Yeah, they are 20 kilometres apart. KAYLA: Great, so we can make the tracks 20 miles long.Ta-da!Oh, what?That looks way ...
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 ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
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