Because the density of water in g/cm 3 is 1.0, the SG of an object is will be almost the same as its density in g/cm 3. However, specific gravity is a unitless number, and is the same in the metric system or any other measurement system. It is very useful when comparing the density of two objects.
Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia dies at 79. Antonin Scalia, the staunchly conservative supreme court justice, has died at the age of 79, prompting an immediate political struggle over the future direction of the United States, even as tributes were being paid to honor his service.
The Senate may get younger still over the next election cycle. After New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg died last month at the age of 89, he was replaced temporarily by Jeff Chiesa, who recently turned 48; Newark Mayor Cory Booker, 44, is widely considered the favorite to win the special election scheduled for October.