Sports Illustrated

Bennett Stirtz's NBA Combine Measurements Released – Will His Draft Stock Slip?

Iowa’s Bennett Stirtz isn’t known for being a dynamite athlete. Sure, he has some burst and a bit of lift, but explosive isn’t exactly the word that leaps to mind when it comes to Stirtz. And ...
BMJ Quality & Safety

Four key things to know about the reliability of measurements

Reliability is the most reported measurement characteristic used as evidence of the quality of a measurement. However, ...
Science News

A new measurement reveals gravity is still hard to pin down

After a 10-year effort, physicists got a value for “Big G” that does not settle the debate over one of nature’s hardest numbers to nail down.
Wired

Measurements Are Often Full of Lies—and That's OK

Recently in my physics lab, students were having trouble with the difference between mass and weight. I had ready answers---it’s a topic I’ve gone over hundreds of times. But after I explained that ...