North Korea tells people to stay indoors over ‘yellow dust’ virus fears

North Koreans are warned to stay indoors over fears ‘yellow dust cloud from China’ could infect the population with Covid-19 Kim Jong-un’s regime is urging people to stay inside and keep windows closed Stay-at-home message has also been passed to foreign diplomats in Pyongyang  The secretive kingdom claims it has never had a single case … Read more

North Korea tells people to stay indoors over ‘yellow dust’ virus fears

North Koreans are warned to stay indoors over fears ‘yellow dust cloud from China’ could infect the population with Covid-19 Kim Jong-un’s regime is urging people to stay inside and keep windows closed Stay-at-home message has also been passed to foreign diplomats in Pyongyang  The secretive kingdom claims it has never had a single case … Read more

Dust from the Sahara is being blown onto the Himalayas and is speeding up snow cap melt

Dust from the Sahara is being blown thousands of miles and landing on mountains in the Himalayas – hastening the melting of the snow caps, study finds NASA-funded study used satellite images and looked at dust levels in Himalayas  Found dust from deserts including the Sahara are reaching the snow caps   The dark particles soak up … Read more

Interstellar visitor Oumuamua is a ‘dust bunny’ formed from particles inside a comet, experts say

Interstellar visitor Oumuamua may be a ‘dust bunny,’ according to experts who say it formed from particles inside an Oort cloud comet and broke off due to hydrodynamic stress Oumuamua, spotted in 2017, is Earth’s first interstellar visitor The discovery has raised many questions, primarily focused on its origins  Experts now say it formed similar to … Read more

Interstellar visitor Oumuamua is a ‘dust bunny’ formed from particles inside a comet, experts say

Interstellar visitor Oumuamua may be a ‘dust bunny,’ according to experts who say it formed from particles inside an Oort cloud comet and broke off due to hydrodynamic stress Oumuamua, spotted in 2017, is Earth’s first interstellar visitor The discovery has raised many questions, primarily focused on its origins  Experts now say it formed similar to … Read more

Why the Roborock S6 robot vacuum cleaner banishes pet hair, dust and dirt

Is the Roborock S6 worth the £530 price tag? This nifty vacuum cleaner takes the hassle out of keeping your floors clean and banishes dust, dirt and pet hair By Corinna Burton For Mailonline Published: 09:07 BST, 8 September 2020 | Updated: 09:07 BST, 8 September 2020 Vacuuming can feel like a never ending chore, … Read more

The great lockdown shopathon: Are your purchases gathering dust?

We bought dresses fit for a royal wedding when we were lying on the sofa watching Tiger King From guitars to baking kits, we spent a whopping £40 billion on ‘dispensable items’ during those long months at home. Are your embarrassing purchases gathering dust? Mine, too, confesses Flic Everett    As life resets to ‘the new … Read more

‘Godzilla’ dust plume sweeps across the Atlantic, ESA imagery shows

New satellite imagery from the European Space Agency (ESA) shows a giant orange dust cloud, nicknamed ‘Godzilla’, making its way across the Atlantic Ocean. Over a period of less than a month, the impressive plume reached the Caribbean, South America and the US from its initial spot in the Sahara Desert.    The ESA has provided … Read more

The lost love letters of Dunkirk that gathered dust for 80 years… until now 

We must keep smiling – four simple words that resonate as much today as when they were written in the heat of battle 80 years ago.  George Whayman was a young platoon sergeant major on the beach of Dunkirk when he composed a letter home to his wife Ethel saying with characteristic optimism that, despite the … Read more

The average British adult has around £598’s worth of unused gadgets gathering dust about their home

The average British adult has around £598’s worth of unused gadgets just gathering dust about their home — equal to some £16.5 billion of tech — a study has found.  However, these forgotten gems may not stay so precious, as smart phones, tablets, computers, and consoles have depreciated by some 20 per cent in the last year. … Read more