In everyday conversation, and even on our site, we treat the terms mass and weight like synonyms. But scientifically, the two are related but very separate. The mass of an object is an intrinsic ...

Many diabetics celebrate a drop in the weighing scale without realising that not all weight loss is good news. Experts ...

In science, there are thousands of ways to measure the world around us that the average person may never encounter. For example: Pascals to measure pressure, Candles to measure light intensity, and ...

You may have a pretty good idea of how much you should be eating per day. Or you might not have a clue and simply tuck into ...