JoAnna Wendel

JoAnna Wendel is a science cartoonist, writer, and illustrator. She was previously a card story editor for Inverse.

JoAnna has reported, edited, and/or made comics for Gizmodo, Knowable Magazine, Science News Explores (formerly Science News for Students), the American Geophysical Union, and NASA’s Planetary Science Division.

JoAnna is based in Portland, Oregon, and owns a cat called Pancake.

Science

To survive Mars, Silicon Valley’s favorite car tech will guide Perseverance

Self driving technology

SpaceX

7 spectacular SpaceX moments in 2020

Dope Space Pics

20 Stunning Space Images of 2020

Spiders in Space

Space spiders build webs in an unusual way

History-bending

7 archaeological discoveries that rewrote history in 2020

Aliens

If aliens exist, here’s how we’ll find them

💥💥💥

SpaceX SN8: Photos show an epic launch ... and fiery end

Moonward Bound

6 ways NASA's Artemis III will revolutionize lunar science

GAINZ

Test your weightlifting knowledge with 5 questions

Ocean

4 animal “scientists” helping us map the ocean

Sunspot

Scientists capture most detailed image of sunspot ever

LOL

3 animals that evolved to laugh

look up!

5 celestial events that only happen once in a lifetime

Space Volcanoes

Five facts you might not know about the solar system's volcanoes

Inverse Recommends

Five underrated sci-fi movies on Disney+ you need to watch ASAP

Ancient climate

5 ways scientists read Earth’s history

Spiders

Scientists reveal how spiders make their silk

We're one step closer to cracking an engineering enigma.

Flex

No living creature can out-bend an octopus

arm and a leg

5 animals that can regrow limbs

Humans in Space

5 weird things space does to the human body