Hard Lessons At the Olympics, Like The Metric System As the Olympics have shown, participation in sports at this high level can teach discipline, perseverance and teamwork.

Go ahead, try to picture that in your mind’s eye. ... “To savants,” writes Marciano, “the fault lay not with the metric system but the people who refused to accept it.

It’s simple, it’s global… but not everyone loves the metric system. From historical holdouts to cultural defiance, this video dives into the reasons why some countries—especially the U.S ...

The US almost adopted the metric system—but a ship carrying the official standards was intercepted by pirates. That’s right, pirates may have changed the course of American measurement forever.

The metric system was officially adopted in France on December 10, 1799. Government proclamation was one thing, but practical use was another. Many people preferred their old customs of measurement.

In the 1790s, piracy of a ship carrying metric standards intended for then-U.S. Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson played a role in America's decision to not adopt the metric system.

As an engineer and science educator, I found reading your coverage of the movement to abandon the metric system in the U.K. disheartening (“U.K. Weighs Saying Cheerio to Metric System,” Page ...

Uncle Sam versus the metric system Jason Schneider. While most nations use the metric system—those units of decimals that are universally employed in science—the U.S. still clings to pounds ...