Nyeri county weight and measures officer Elijah Kihara calibrates a weighing scale during the annual verification at Ndathi shopping center in Kieni East, on February 28, 2018. [File, Standard Across homes, hospitals, industries, and markets, a quiet but vital force holds society together; the assurance that measurements are accurate, reliable, and fair. From the gram of sugar in your morning tea, to the megawatt powering your business, to the dosage in a child’s medication, our entire way of life depends on one simple truth: That the measurements we rely on are correct. Yet, measurement or metrology, the science that governs…