Former President Gerald Ford signed the Metric Conversion Act 50 years ago. However, he did not make metric adoption mandatory, and the efforts fell flat. For a look at where metric measurements have ...

Most Americans believe the country rejected the metric system decades ago. In reality, US measurements like feet, pounds, and gallons are officially defined using metric units behind the scenes. The ...

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According to StatMuse, Real Madrid have missed more big chances than any club in Europe’s top five leagues this season. The number is staggering: 42 big chances missed in LaLiga alone. Even more ...

In downtown Chicago, a coyote spends his entire life in one cemetery, eating chicken that Sunday mourners place on the graves. On Manhattan sidewalks, ants survive on hot dogs and potato chips, ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already helping to solve problems in finance, research and medicine. But could it be reaching consciousness? Dr Tom McClelland, a philosopher from the University of ...

Jan. 15, 2026 Spikes in blood sugar after eating may be more dangerous for the brain than previously thought. In a massive genetic study, people with higher post-meal blood sugar had a much greater ...

A federal judge said the Empire Wind project off Long Island would suffer “irreparable harm” if the Trump administration continued to hold up work. By Lisa Friedman For half a century, a federal ...

An obsession with the numbers can sink your strategy. by Michael Harris and Bill Tayler Tying performance metrics to strategy has become an accepted best practice over the past few decades. Strategy ...

For more on lying check out our podcast, “Overheard at National Geographic.” Listen here. This story originally published in the June 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. In the fall of 1989 ...

This investigation looks at what plastic is, what it’s used for and how it impacts on the environment. The practical element investigates how plastics can get into the water cycle. This investigation ...

Memory is the faculty by which the brain encodes, stores, and retrieves information. It is a record of experience that guides future action. Memory encompasses the facts and experiential details that ...