How’s your diet going ?
Most Americans will admit to having been on a diet at some point in their lives. A majority of those would also testify how tough it is to shed a few pounds. Well someone, or rather something seems to be losing weight without even trying. Quite the contrary, it’s not supposed to lose weight. The NYT reports that the international standard measure for the kilogram is losing weight, and nobody has any idea how.
New York Times
Secured under three consecutively larger bell jars and coddled in safety in an underground vault in France, access to the kilogram standard is limited to three individuals holding three special keys, all of which must be used to open the vault. Nestled there since the 19th century, this is the standard by which all measuring devices are calibrated. At a recent calibration, the world’s official kilogram was found to have lost 50 micrograms.
Nobody knows why or at least nobody is talking.