The debate between metric and imperial measurement systems has gone on for decades, but is one truly superior? This analysis ...

Most countries use the metric system for everything they do. They measure distance in kilometers, speed in kilometers per hour, volume in liters and so on. Everything happens to be a multiple of ...

The metric system is used by almost every country in the world, making it a universal language of measurement. The United States officially endorsed the metric system in 1975, but implementation has ...

The Lancet report suggests that another metric is far more useful when determining a patient’s overall health: the amount of belly fat they have. The report’s authors note that attaining ...

And weather-watching expert David Phillips remembers well the confusion that came when Canada switched over from the imperial to the metric system. “I couldn't believe it was that long ago,” said ...

It’s almost been a half-century of temperatures reaching well below-zero throughout the winter months in Canada. That’s because the Celsius measurement was introduced in Canada on April 1, 1975.

ON December 1 of last year, the Chinese Government issued a notice to the effect that the metric system of weights and measures would be introduced into the Customs service on February 1.