The United States is among the last bastions in the world who use the old imperial units for measurements -- be it miles instead of kilometers, pounds instead of kilograms, and of course, temperatures ...

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).

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, ...

If you check the Start menu of your Windows 11/10 installation, you’ll realize that there’s a Weather app included by default. If you’ve been using third-party tools up until this point, then we ...