Gladiator epitaph reveals death by foul

The inscription on the tombstone of a gladiator has just recently been interpreted, and it appears to reveal both details about the rules of gladiatorial combat and a fascinating story of one gladiator's death because of a referee's mistake. Read the article here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20110620/sc_livescience/romangladiatorsgravestonedescribesfatalfoul

Being Bilingual is Good for You!

(As if we didn't already know that!)

"Looking for a reason to splurge on some Rosetta Stone DVDs? It turns out that being bilingual is actually really good for your brain. For the past 40 years cognitive neuroscientist Ellen Bialystok has studied the effects of knowing two languages on the mind. It turns out that all that translating back and forth in your head is some serious exercise for the brain's synapses."

Read more in the New York Times...