Following work which began in the 1970s and spanned nearly 40 years, Peter Harris and Norman Stockdale identified a “new” unit of length in 2015. They called it the Harris and Stockdale Megalithic ...

California real estate giant Irvine Co. is in the midst of a building push in one hotspot for future development statewide: apartments in less-than-traditional spaces. The Newport Beach-based company, ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A new measure working its way through the Los Angeles City Council is looking to protect city renters from rising temperatures in the summer months. The measure would require ...

The United States is one of just three countries that "prefers" imperial measurements over the international metric standard. The motivation why has less to do with official policy than you might ...

From AR-powered rulers to GPS-based land survey tools, these 8 best measuring apps for iPhone and Android let you measure length, height, area, and even perimeters on the go. Accurate, versatile, and ...

When you buy a new compound bow, one of the first questions you’ll be asked is: What’s your draw length? If you’re not sure, don’t worry, because the basic procedure for how to measure draw length is ...

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HONOLULU—As Army units from Washington state to South Korea prepare themselves for a potential war with China, the service has decided that it would like some of its reserve units to have that same ...

Today's story comes from a long-time viewer. He set up two rain gauges side-by-side but measured a different amount of rain in each. He wanted to know which one is accurate and how to choose a good ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Woodworking and carpentry without the proper tools can be time-consuming and just plain irritating. Marking tools are pretty much necessary ...

Ancient Greek measurement unit: Protocorinthian Cotyle, 650-625 BC. Ancient Agora Museum at Athens, Credit: Zde CC BY-SA 4.0 The ancient Greeks developed sophisticated units of measurement ranging ...