Most of us have little trouble working out how many millilitres are in 2.4 litres of water (it’s 2,400). But the same can’t be said when we’re asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hour ...

Today is a big day for lovers of the number 12, and no one loves 12s more than the members of the Dozenal Society. The Dozenal Society advocates for ditching the base-10 system we use for counting in ...

In the remote Arctic almost 30 years ago, a group of Inuit middle school students and their teacher invented the Western Hemisphere's first new numeral system in more than a century. The “Kaktovik ...

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike is seen during a news conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Shinjuku Ward on June 16, 2023. (Mainichi/Hitomi Takai) TOKYO -- Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike ...