Do you find yourself tossing and turning at night plagued by weird nightmares about stuff that's been worrying you? You know, like a dream where you catch a disease that's been in the news, or, where your boss is literally eating you alive. Don't worry! Those terrible visions are actually helping your mental health.

Research shows that the things that concern us most while we're awake continue to mess with us when we sleep. Your unconscious brain takes your abstract fears and turns them into stories in the form of nightmares.

http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2015/aug/29/six-amazing-sights-that-look-even-better-from-the-international-space-station

Everyone has moments of forgetfulness – you misplace your keys, or forget where you put your phone – but these moments can become distressing, especially as you age.

Many people, especially those with a family history of Alzheimer’s, live in fear of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a condition which affects a growing number of the population.

But there’s no need to panic if you find yourself occasionally blanking on the date of a friend’s birthday or the details of events passed – any number of conditions can cause mild to moderate memory loss, and not all of them are related to Alzheimer’s or dementia.

Here are some common causes of memory loss that may be surprising to you!

1. Sleep Apnea

Sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder that causes individuals to briefly stop breathing throughout the night as they sleep. According to the National Sleep Foundation, memory loss and learning difficulties are common symptoms of sleep apnea(1). Fortunately, they are reversible with proper treatment. Many individuals with sleep apnea use a specialized mask, known as a CPAP mask, to regulate their breathing while they sleep.

9 Examples of Native Ads People Actually Enjoyed Reading

Native advertising grew up in 2014. 

Advertisers went beyond asking, "Is this a fad?" and tried to understand how to measure the success of sponsored posts and native ads. Publications considered who should write sponsored content, and even Last Week Tonight host John Oliver weighed in on the discussion. Overall, native advertising and sponsored content pieces were everywhere. Even traditional publishers such as the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fortune, andWashington Post were joining in.

source: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/04/13/2003615823

By Chen Wei-han  /  Staff writer

A flag representing a newly formed political party has been cleared by the Ministry of the Interior, but its similarity to the flags used by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the New Party has raised eyebrows.

As a physical presence, Marie Kondo has more in common with a snowflake than with the flesh-and-blood humans around her. She speaks softly, wears white, and doesn’t so much make an entrance as drift to a halt on the stormy day when we meet. Most celebrities of her magnitude have a force field. Kondo, standing about five feet tall in shiny patent-leather heels, has none—and yet she’s so famous in Japan that she can no more ride the Tokyo subway than Beyoncé could.

At 30 years old, Kondo has written four best-selling books about the art of tidying, including The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, her first book translated into English and a runaway best seller. Fans of her decluttering techniques call themselves Konverts and use the author’s name as a verb: “Good day today,” wrote one in a parenting forum. “Kondoed fridge before shopping delivery.” From another: “It seems mundane but I’ve Kondo’d some deodorant that I didn’t like the smell of.” Konverts live for the high of domestic purging. They call it Kondomania.

source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3021273/Do-video-games-make-SMARTER-Gamers-learn-quickly-don-t-play.html

Do video games make you SMARTER? Gamers found to learn more quickly than those who don't play

By Jonathan O'Callaghan for MailOnline/Published: 10:55 GMT, 1 April 2015 |

* Researchers at Brown University studied how people learned tasks
* It has already been shown gamers learn visual tasks better

Two mailboxes in Taipei have become tourist attractions after a shop sign fell on them during Typhoon Soudelor, with visitors saying they now resemble two people standing next to each other and leaning.

The mailboxes — one red and the other green — are on Longjiang Road (龍江路) in Taipei.

The photos of the two tilted mailboxes quickly went viral, drawing dozens of people to the site yesterday.

Many visitors also leaned to the side and posed for photographs next to the mailboxes. Some netizens suggested that the Chunghwa Post Co (中華郵政) keep the two mailboxes as they are, as a reminder of the damage wrought by the typhoon.

Chunghwa Post Co chairman Philip Ong (翁文祺) yesterday said that the two mailboxes would remain at their current location, adding that the post office plans to turn the site into a tourist attraction.

You'll have seen them piled high in bookshops: adult colouring books are a phenomenon - and some say they are good for your health

A woman examines colouring books in Sao Paulo, Brazil. More than a million such books have been sold in the country. Photos: AFP, AP

 When Brandon Blaine's teenage daughter was in the hospital, the 43-year-old from the US state of Texas didn't turn to meditation, yoga or therapy for comfort. Instead, he picked up colouring pencils and his daughter's colouring book.

"There was some real therapy in doing that while she was in for over a week," says Blaine.

source: https://tw.voicetube.com/videos/24109

1.What is your birth order in your family?  Is there similar personality described by speakers of this video? Do you agree that birth order can affect people’s personality?