About the Journal

We started The Wise Journal with a simple belief: that curiosity is one of the great pleasures of a life well lived, and that it does not have to stop at any age. The best questions, such as why we sleep, how we hear, and what happens when two black holes meet, are as thrilling at seventy as they are at seven.

So we set out to make the kind of magazine we wanted to read on a quiet Sunday morning: unhurried, beautifully made, rigorous about evidence and generous with explanation. A magazine that treats its readers as intelligent adults, and never as a market to be harvested for clicks.

What we cover

Our six departments, Health, Wellbeing, Science, The Mind, Hearing & Sound and Technology, reflect the subjects our readers ask about most. Some stories are practical: how to walk more, sleep better, or build a habit that lasts. Others, like the 6 pieces in our Science section, are simply about wonder.

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Curiosity. Discovery. Living well. Those three words are our whole editorial philosophy.

How we work

Every science story begins with primary research: peer-reviewed papers, preprints from arXiv, and guidance from bodies such as the NHS and the World Health Organization. We read the papers, not just the press releases. We link to our sources at the end of every article so you can read them too. Our full approach is set out in our editorial standards.

Who publishes the Journal

The Wise Journal is owned and published by WiseHear, a direct-to-consumer hearing technology company. We are proud of that, and we want to be completely open about it. Because hearing is close to our publisher's heart, sound and hearing feature prominently in these pages.

Our editorial articles are written to inform, not to sell. Where content is promotional, such as our publisher's own product feature, it is clearly labelled Advertorial at the top of the page and wherever it appears on the site.