Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news Go down in size, to the Lava Creek Tuff from Yellowstone, and we're at 280 cubic kilometers. That would ...

SEATTLE — Similar to metric scales used to measure weather events like tornadoes and hurricanes, meteorologists also have a scale used to measure wildfire risk. The Haines Index is a common metric ...

Everyone knows that we should make purchases using the metric system such as metre, litre and gram, but this does not happen with the general populace. We still ask for two pounds of beef, one pint of ...

Mr. Sean Brignandan’s reasoning on Imperial and metric measures used on a weighing scale is extremely flawed and abysmally uninformed. He claims that if 1 pound (lb ...

Let's be blunt: we've reached a point where we need a new way to discuss and compare volcanic eruptions. Too many times do I run into articles talking about "supervolcanoes" and "mega-eruptions" and ...