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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 ...

Draw length is a measurement of how far an archer pulls a bow string. It’s a specification that will inform your arrow length, bow set up, and choosing a bow. Here’s a breakdown on how to measure draw ...

Historically, the Zambezi River in Southern Africa was believed to begin its journey at a spring in northwestern Zambia. A new study suggests the river actually starts off in a shallow depression in ...

Google’s new “Original Conversion Value” metric gives advertisers long-needed clarity by revealing the true, unadjusted revenue their campaigns generate. A new column called “Original Conversion Value ...

Manchester City had a rough start to the season, but they’ve bounced back fast. A few early stumbles raised doubts, but the last few results prove why they’re still one of the top sides in world ...

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

THIS diagram of the metric units of length, area and volume is printed on a sheet of paper about 3 feet 6 inches by 2 feet 6 inches. The various measures are shown full size. To be of the greatest use ...

Abstract: In this paper, we address the semisupervised distance metric learning problem and its applications in classification and image retrieval. First, we formulate a semisupervised distance metric ...

As an equipment writer, this is going to sound sacrilegious, but I'm going to say it anyway: There are ways to gain distance without having to spring for a new driver. In some cases, it could be as ...

Back when I was a Catholic-school kid in northern Wisconsin, my school lessons briefly focused on the metric system. This was in the late 1970s. Along with learning cursive and the referents of rosary ...