The origin of a superstitious phrase, and a Japanese word that’s staked its place in English.

The Myers-Briggs has arrived, but what does it tell us?

Isabel turns her mother’s philosophy into a marketable product.

A mother sets out to raise the perfect child.

After the neurochemical bonanza of the honeymoon period fades, are we doomed to inferior love?

Spatzle, clown, and sonic hedgehog. And those are just the ones fit to print. 

Plus: What squid have to do with Instagram filters.

Irregardless, the dictionary’s got your back.

How syzygy saved the Suez ship, and how a country's name ended up inside the word "serendipity"