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A portrait of the author, podcaster and botanist Jotham Austin II

Jotham Austin II

Jotham Austin II uses electron microscopy to study plant cells at the University of Chicago. In his spare time, he separates fact from fiction in popular sci-fi.

Two people with telescopes looking up at eclipse

Behrend eclipse 2

Amateur astronomers brought telescopes, filtered binoculars and other equipment to Penn State Behrend, in Erie, to view the eclipse in totality.

Silhouette of a student watching the total solar eclipse

Shenango eclipse 3

Silhouette of Penn State Shenango student Gianna Effinite during totality of the solar eclipse. As a result of the near-complete darkness, the campus light posts and the Nittany Lion Shrine turned on.