Salt is to be admired for its atomic beauty and proof of order in the universe. Our astrophysicist friend Adam Frank says you can find some good news in something as simple as a single grain of salt.

In any case, grain of salt showed up again in John Trapp’s 1647 A commentary or exposition upon all the Epistles and the Revelation of John the Divine, but didn’t really catch on until the ...

The modern meaning. Per the OED, the first usage of the phrase take it with a grain of salt in its figurative (rather than literal) meaning was recorded in 1647. But how did we get from Pliny’s ...

The older I get the more I use the sayings of my parents. The one that has always stuck in my mind is “with a grain of salt.” I am not sure where this comes from, who said it or even how it ...

Salt annealing might be a bit cumbersome, but it’s a neat method to add to all the other post-processing tricks that people have come up with for their 3D prints.

In short, take nutrition research with a grain of salt. And don't worry: Even though the World Health Organization (WHO) says "too much salt can kill you," the Daily Mail noted in 2021 that "it's ...

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Handbag ‘smaller than a grain of salt’ sells for over $63,000 By Oscar Holland, CNN 3 minute read Published 2:50 AM EDT, Thu June 29, 2023 Link Copied! Microscopic ...

Pink Himalayan Salt, while not harmful, adds no health benefit over traditional table salt. But because it is being marketed as a wellness product, there is an illusion of health perks.

We're talking Hawaiian black-lava salt, African red-clay salt and Peruvian pink sea salt, eagerly purchased at $30-$80 per pound (compared with about 25 cents per pound for Morton's).

A year later, Jacobsen and two employees make about 100 pounds of the finishing salt a week, and his product is available in 56 stores in the Northwest and 30 restaurants in Portland, including Ned ...