Best Tools for Liquid Measurements To measure liquids, you'll need a set of liquid measuring cups. You'll also need a set of measuring spoons. Measuring cups are made of clear glass or plastic and ...

It can be frustrating if you’re not familiar with, and don’t have the right tools, to measure grams and millileters. And, if you don’t get it right…well, your recipe will suffer.

And Chafee isn’t the first to suggest the switch. In fact, U.S. politicians and advocates have been trying to introduce the metric system for pretty much as long as the country has existed: none ...

The US lives in a metric gray area. It has a few laws requiring that consumer goods list both metric and US customary measures, but it still remains isolated in its US customary measures bubble ...

I was at the supermarket recently when I took note of something my eyes had passed thousands of times before. The cans of my favorite sodas were 12 ounces, while the bottles were 2 liters.

But the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 was voluntary, “so the government really didn’t force anybody to go metric,” Hillger says, though it did permit companies to make the switch.

The metric system is, quietly and behind the scenes, now the standard in most industries, with a few notable exceptions like construction. Its use in public life is also on the uptick, as anyone ...