That is -- those magic beans are just beans, and that fairy dust is just dust.
The older the star, the less dust it had, showing that as time passed the dust was going somewhere.
But the dust still weighs no more than the earth, which means most of the original dust has already gone somewhere.
And if the spa's gem associations are a stretch, they're comparable to what others are doing, like using diamond dust in anti-aging body treatments and here, for obvious reasons, sapphire dust as well (which felt great in a body cream but didn't have any discernible effect).
Now that the dust has settled on Nikon's new D700 DSLR -- but hopefully not on that anti-dust 12.1 megapixel full-frame sensor -- we thought we'd toss together a few general impressions of the new mid-range pro camera.
"A dust-devil looks essentially like what you would expect from the movies - a tiny tornado that is lifting dust, " explained Manuel de la Torre Juarez of Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and a scientist on the Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (Rems) instrument.
Authors of that study analyzed dust collected in 16 California homes in 2006 and again in 2011, testing for 49 flame retardant chemicals in household dust (the main route of human exposure to flame retardant chemicals, especially for children).
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In Phoenix, blowing dust obscured the mountains surrounding the city, and at least four people were injured in a pileup when two semi-trucks jackknifed in a dust storm on I-10 in southern Arizona.
Since household dust is often where many of the toxins that enter our home end up, do your dusting with a damp cloth that actually collects and removes dust rather than stir it back into the air.
Richer said that up to half of the stars in the universe were obscured by space dust and would soon be visible for the first time, thanks to ALMA's ability to pick up sub-millimeter radiation waves that pass through the dust unchecked.
The infra-red light from dust heated by a star has a much longer wavelength ie, is cooler than most of the light from the star itself, so a camera tuned to the right wavelength can pick out a dust disc without being totally blinded by the stellar glare.
The dust is made of a honeycomb structure of cells like microscopic golf balls.
The bus rounds a corner and chugs to a stop in a swirl of silicate dust.
Residents claim they often choke on the dust in the air in the evenings.
Herschel's view of RCW 120, a bubble of gas and dust in space around a massive star.
And there lay Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) for many, many years, unloved and unwanted, gathering dust.
In all likelihood, there will be no economic recovery whatsoever when the dust settles.
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In the league, Real was left in Barcelona's dust and finished second by 15 points.
He doesn't want to see the hopes of the world's poorest turned to dust.
The Xperia acro S has a scratch-resistant display to offer protection against dust and water immersion.
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And they fold down to cover the USB ports and microphone jacks, acting as dust covers.
Some of the dust suggests certain bottles have not been touched for much of that time.
Yet today these imposing tomes that bent the bookshelves of yesterday's children are gathering dust.
Delorean died in March, 23 years after his sports car venture bit the dust.
Douglas Kennedy, chief executive officer of Boone, received complaints from surrounding residents regarding dust and odors.
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The "size matters" myth has been ground to dust in other sports in recent years.
People in panic and fear racing from the scene in clouds of dust and smoke.
Dust on a lens could cause the entire output of the plant to be worthless.
Even before the dust settled on the final vote, the finger pointing had already begun.
It contains heavy metals, such as lead, and inhaling its dust can cause lung cancer.
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