The answer is a mix of history and language evolution with a dash of mystery. Here, two language historians break down the origin of take it with a grain of salt.

A minuscule handbag measuring just 657 by 222 by 700 microns (or less than 0.03 inches wide) sold for over $63,000 at an online auction Wednesday. Barely visible to the human eye, the fluorescent ...

It means nutritional epidemiology is a very uncertain guide for how to live your life and it certainly isn't fit for setting public policy. In short, take nutrition research with a grain of salt.

The tiny Louis Vuitton knockoff handbag is "narrow enough to pass through the eye of a needle," its maker, Brooklyn-based art collective MSCHF, said.

James J. Mahon and Samantha A. Lesser of Becker & Poliakoff discuss ways in which the state and local tax deduction (SALT) has evolved into a marriage penalty.

A grain of salt can’t fit inside this mini handbag. MSCHF — a product design studio that aims to go viral with every launch — announced the upcoming release of a handbag that requires a ...

Barely visible to the human eye, art collective MSCHF’s miniscule “Louis Vuitton” handbag is less than 0.03 inches wide.

An artificial intelligence chip smaller than a grain of salt can perch at the end of an optical fibre, harnessing the physics of light to process the information passed through the fibre – while ...

The brand behind the viral Big Red Boots is releasing a tiny handbag 'smaller than a grain of salt.' MSCHF's Microscopic Handbag is bright green and modeled on a Louis Vuitton handbag. It serves ...

Food research should be taken with a grain of salt. The science behind it is less certain than you might think. Over the past five decades, millions of Americans have made changes in their eating ...

Thus, I implore the public to take things with a grain of salt and search for their own varied sources beyond what is most readily available as bite-sized fearmongering.

And, she says, approach the results apps give you with a grain of salt. She's heard stories of people throwing out the entire contents of their kitchen pantry after scanning their packaged foods.