When you see or hear the names of ships, it’s common to encounter a set of letters listed before the vessel’s name. The USS Constitution, the HMS Bounty, the RMS Titanic, and the SS Lusitania are just ...

The USS Constitution, RMS Titanic, and SS Great Britain are among the most famous ships in history. In addition to their historical significance, all three share a common detail—their names begin with ...

Meet the metric system’s newest prefixes: ronna-, quetta-, ronto- and quecto-. Science News spoke with Richard Brown, head of metrology at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, England, ...

The metric system's governing body has added some new terms to help describe massive amounts of data. The General Conference on Weights and Measures last week added the prefixes "ronna" and "quetta." ...

Prefixes are a group of letters that change the meaning of a word when they are added to the start. Most prefixes mean a similar thing when they're added to different words. Prefixes are a group of ...