Dr Melissa Weinberg
The truth about athletes and their crazy superstitions
Superstitions. They have always been popular among sportspeople and range from the slightly odd to downright ridiculous. Take baseballer Moises Alou, for...
The ‘completely absurd’ problem with not keeping score for junior sports
Junior sport remains incredibly popular. According to a 2016 government-commissioned report, nearly 3.2 million children under 14 participate in organised sport or...
Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why is dangerous and disturbing
When a friend told me there was a new Netflix drama about a teenager who commits suicide and leaves behind a series of...
Why we all owe Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic a thank you
The recent antics of Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic seem to firmly cement their positions as the Dennis Rodman and Charles Barkley...
Why tennis players can’t stop talking to themselves
Andy Murray’s dream of winning a first Australian Open vanished in a shock fourth-round loss to world No.50 Mischa Zverev on Sunday in a match punctuated...
The post-holiday blues: Why they’re actually good for you
You may be experiencing the post-holiday blues. But what if I told you that this experience of heightened negativity is really good...
Here’s the secret to total happiness: it doesn’t exist
For many of us, the ‘Merry’ Christmas is well and truly over and the New Year doesn’t seem so happy. Maybe we’re...
First Dates: How lonely can these people really be?
Are people really so desperate that they would volunteer to go on a blind date on national TV to find love? In...
The uncomfortable hypocrisy of Australia’s Next Top Model
The finale of Fox8 reality show Australia’s Next Top Model on Tuesday night saw series favourite, 17-year-old Aleyna Fitzgerald, crowned the winner. The show sees young...
Waleed, please stop calling Donald Trump crazy!
Last month, Waleed Aly proclaimed that Donald Trump is no laughing matter, and promised that between then and the election, he wouldn’t...