What's the smallest unit of measurement?

We’re back! We’ve officially moved into our new headquarters! Come unpack with us and get a tour while we fill you in on some big news. Plus, new episodes of Brains On coming later this month and new Smash Boom and Forever Ago after that. If you want to support the show or drop u ...  Show more

We're moving the Brains On Universe Headquarters, and that means we have to stop putting out new episodes until we get settled. We know: not cool. But, our new home is going to be bigger and better and the absolute BEST. We can't wait until it's ready for you to visit.In the mean ...  Show more

How good are your eyes at seeing really tiny things that are really far away? How much better is the Hubble Space Telescope at doing the same thing? What do these two questions have to do with the mathematical concept of angular size? Keep on listening to find out! Read the full ...  Show more

Notre taille, notre appartement, notre meuble Ikea, la distance qui nous sépare du bar ou de l’être aimé… Le mètre est partout. Si bien qu’il est temps de s’interroger : pourquoi on mesure en mètre ? Et ça mesure combien, un mètre ? Hébergé par Audion. Visitez https://www.audion. ...  Show more

D’où vient le système de calcul de la pointure, puisque ce n’est pas en centimètres ?  Si je vous demande votre pointure (même si bon, je m’en fous), vous allez me répondre 41, ou 36, ou 39, mais si je vous demande combien mesure votre pied, vous me répondez quoi ?  Déjà, pour mo ...  Show more

The kilogram used to be measured against an agreed-upon chunk of metal stored in France, but no longer. Learn the new measure of this standard unit of measurement in today's classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/math-concepts/kilo ...  Show more