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Latest Bond flick has at least six factual and continuity errors

London, Nov 11: It might have set box office on fire, but the latest James Bond adventure, ‘Quantum of Solace’, has six factual and continuity errors, critics have claimed.

The film, starring Daniel Craig as the British spy, is the 22nd Bond-based adventure and costs 100 million pounds, reports The Telegraph.

The movie, which raked in a humongous 24 million pounds in its first weekend, has at least six continuity and factual errors that critics claim, spoil the film.

One such error is visible in a chase scene in the movie where Bond is driving his Aston Martin and is being pursued by an Alfa Romeo. One car in the scene is shown with Italian plates with a Vauxhall Corsa badge and in Italy all Vauxhalls are rebadged as Opels.

50 Cent secretly picked song idea from Eminem’s computer

50 Cent secretly picked song idea from Eminem’s computerWashington, November 11 : Hip-hop star 50 Cent has revealed that one of the songs in his latest album ‘Before I Self Destruct’ is inspired by the music that he secretly lifted from Eminem’s computer.

The In Da Club hitmaker has revealed that he once visited Eminem’s home in Detroit, where he sneaked a look through the latter’s computer files.

Vitamins-mineral cocktail may hold key to prevent noise induced hearing loss

Washington, Nov 11: A cocktail of vitamins and mineral magnesium has been found effective in preventing hearing loss caused by loud noises, a new study has shown.

After the combination of nutrients, called AuraQuell, was found to be successful in laboratory tests, researchers at the University of Michigan Kresge Hearing Research Institute are now testing if it would benefit humans as well.

"The prevention of noise induced hearing loss is key," said Glenn E. Green, M. D., assistant professor of otolaryngology at the U-M Health System and director of the U-M Children''s Hearing Laboratory.

Sienna Miller gets £35,000 breach of privacy compensation from tabloids

sienna millerLondon, Nov 11 : Sienna Miller has received 35,000 pounds in damages from two tabloid newspapers after they agreed over claims they had breached her privacy.

The actress had sued the Sun and News of the World over a series of what her lawyer said were intrusive articles and photos published in June and July, reports the Independent.

A series of features and pictures appeared in both titles and included coverage of the actor''s alleged relationship with multimillionaire American actor Balthazar Getty soon after breaking off a relationship with Welsh actor Rhys Ifans.

Study: Grape Seeds Can Prevent Alzheimer’s

Indian-origin researcher’s ‘nanobombs’ can explode cancer

Indian-origin researcher’s ‘nanobombs’ can explode cancerLondon, November 11 : An Indian-origin researcher in America says that tube-like carbon nano-particles can be used to explode cancer.

Balaji Panchapakesan at the University of Delaware, Newark, proposes the idea of filling carbon nanotubes with water before injecting them into a tumour.

He says that zapping the cancerous area with laser light at a later stage will cause the water to boil, and the tremendous pressure by the heating will trigger the "nanobombs" to burst apart, thereby killing nearby cells.

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