Oh, America. You do so confuse the rest of the world, with your “pounds per square inch” and “cups”, instead of sensible ...

I consider myself pretty conversant in metric units. I know that 20 kilograms is 44 pounds (double it and add 10%) and that five kilometers is a little over three miles (I’ve, uh, run a lot of 5Ks).

Every once in a while, you may see a temperature in Celsius instead of Fahrenheit. Your car thermometer may revert to the wrong system and you don’t know how to change it, for example. Since almost ...

If the forecast calls for 32 degrees Fahrenheit in Houston, it’s time to bundle up and prepare for possible ice outside. However, if the forecast was in Celsius, it would be a great day to go to the ...

If the forecast calls for 32 degrees Fahrenheit in Houston, it’s time to bundle up and prepare for possible ice outside. However, if the forecast was in Celsius, it would be a great day to go to the ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Fahrenheit is superior because it is more descriptive in human livable conditions. There's more subtlety to it than Celsius. There are more whole number points in human livable conditions in ...

The argument FOR metric (as illustrated in your OP), is that meters converts logically into kilometers, like all other weights and measures of the metric system. However, that argument loses when ...