When comparing or combining an area or volume it is important to measure the objects using the same units. Without converting the areas into the same unit, it might be difficult to tell, for example, ...

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 ...

Metric Units for the Solar System is an exploration of our relationship with the systems of ‘standardized units’ we have created to order society; examining the various tensions implicit in the ...

The United States is one of just three countries that "prefers" imperial measurements over the international metric standard. The motivation why has less to do with official policy than you might ...