At 12:05 a.m., on Jan. 1, River Joseph became the first baby born in 2026 at Franciscan Health Lafayette East.

According to Jeff Dean on Twitter, the United States has faced longstanding challenges in fully adopting the metric system, with the Metric Conversion Board abolished in 1982 and Executive Order 12770 ...

December 23, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the Metric Conversion Act, designed to bring US weights and measures in line with the rest of the world. The United States is one of the last holdouts ...

Only approximately 109 meters separate two similar, yet different, track and field events, the 1500 meters and the mile. Here ...

More than half of truck drivers admit that bridge strikes are caused by ‘driver error’, a survey by SNAP has found. Following the Government’s announcement of a £1bn investment package to future-proof ...

Wondering how many tablespoons in a cup? Get conversions for 1/4, 1/3 cup, and more—plus a butter conversion chart for accurate measuring.

This past month we have had freezing temperatures in the valley. It has also been rather chilly in Belgium where my lovely email pal Natalie lives. She writes to me in English and I reply in French, ...

Environment Canada's use of Celsius marks its 50th anniversary in 2025. It was the catalyst for a lengthy national metric conversion that abruptly ended a decade after it began. The result is seen and ...

Environment Canada's use of Celsius turns 50 years old in 2025. It was the catalyst of a lengthy national metric conversion that abruptly ended a decade after it began. The result is seen and felt ...