December 23, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the Metric Conversion Act, designed to bring US weights and measures in line ...

Blame it on timing. When James Watt gave the term horsepower an exact-ish definition in the 1780s, he actually borrowed the math behind it from one of Isaac Newton's assistants. It was John ...

In prehistoric times, not much needed to be measured. You ate what you found and lived where you could. The advent of agriculture and civilization, however, necessitated a way for people to measure ...

Now that the United Kingdom is outside the European Union, it’s reviewing thousands of EU rules and regulations to see which it should jettison. Among them is the compulsory use of the metric system ...

The Imperial Measurement System, originated in Britain in 1824, is now primarily used by only three countries: the United States, Liberia, and Myanmar. Defined by non-decimal units like inches, pounds ...

Down at the local pub, die-hard Brexiters will be raising a pint to news that the U.K. is eyeing the end of a European Union-inspired ban on selling products in pounds and ounces. But many others view ...

Boris Johnson plans to make a celebratory announcement this week that pounds and ounces will be returning to the UK, according to reports. Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022: UK events, street parties and ...

Boris Johnson is said to be tapping Jubilee nostalgia with a plan to revive Imperial measurements. The prime minister is expected to set out details on Friday, coinciding with the Platinum Jubilee.