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The Staggering Mass Of The Craft We’ve Sent Into Space, Visualised

Online

6 years ago

The Staggering Mass Of The Craft We’ve Sent Into Space, Visualised

Jamie Condliffe

Science & Health

6 years ago

Forget What Your Teacher Said: Mass And Weight Are The Same

Jamie Condliffe

Science & Health

8 years ago

The Kilogram Is Putting On Weight

Jamie Condliffe

There’s long been debate over the accuracy of the standardised kilogram. Now, scientists have shown once and for all that the lump of metal defining the unit of mass has been putting on some weight.

How All Mass In The Universe Is Allowed To Exist

Science & Health

8 years ago

How All Mass In The Universe Is Allowed To Exist

Kyle Wagner

The Kilogram Is Losing Weight And That Might Screw The Metric System

Science & Health

8 years ago

The Kilogram Is Losing Weight And That Might Screw The Metric System

Casey Chan

We’ve long known that there were some issues with France’s ‘Le Grand K’, the international prototype for what a kilogram really is. Made in 1879 from platinum and iridium alloy, it is the perfect standard for what a kilogram weighs. The problem is it’s losing weight.