Angela Merkel has been wearing the same tunic for 18 years (PHOTO).

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/08/06/angela_merkel_has_been_wearing_the_same_tunic_for_18_years_photo.html

Coffee benefits: Nap, exercise, test, creativity, alertness, sex.

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2014/08/coffee_benefits_nap_exercise_test_creativity_alertness_sex.html

Poisonous plants: Socrates drank hemlock tea as his preferred mode of execution.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/wild_things/2014/08/21/poisonous_plants_socrates_drank_hemlock_tea_as_his_preferred_mode_of_execution.html

Trees save human lives: Studies link forest with upper respiratory illness, 850 lives saved yearly.

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/08/_trees_save_human_lives_studies_link_forest_with_upper_respiratory_illness.html

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs says U.S. can't stop ISIS without action in Syria: Why Bashar al-Assad may be the winner of Ame...

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2014/08/22/chairman_of_the_joint_chiefs_u_s_can_t_stop_isis_without_action_in_syria.html