CASPER, Wyo. — Casper College is delving into artificial intelligence’s impact at its Social and Behavioral Sciences Seminar on Wednesday, Sept. 20, named “AI: A Fork in the Road, Navigating Turns in the Tech.” The event, open to the public, will feature A.J. Juliani, bestselling author and faculty at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School […]
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Casper College to host seminar on artificial intelligence
CASPER, Wyo. — As industries either embrace or battle AI technology, Casper College is taking on the topic at this year’s Social and Behavioral Sciences Seminar on Wednesday, Sept. 20. The theme of the event is “AI: A Fork in the Road, Navigating Turns in the Tech.” All seminar events are free and open to […]
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NCSD trustees on Monday to consider accepting $1.5K in grants
Grants supporting robotics and aeronautics activities in the Natrona County School District are on the school board agenda tonight.
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Murie Audubon Society seeking volunteers for 75th annual Casper Christmas Bird Count
CASPER, Wyo. — The Murie Audubon Society is seeking volunteers for its 75th annual Casper Christmas Bird County. People don’t need to be expert birders to participate in the Casper Christmas Bird Count, the Murie Audubon Society said in a call for volunteers Thursday. Volunteers will gather at 8 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 at the […]
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(VIDEO) Fireball caught on doorbell cameras shoots across Casper skies early Wednesday
CASPER, Wyo. — A bright fireball lit up skies over Casper early on Wednesday morning. Several Casper-area homeowners shared video of what appears to be a meteor that streaked across the night sky at around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. There are three active meteor showers happening, according to the American Meteor Society. Those include the Orionids, […]
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New Yellowstone Volcano Observatory plan calls for more attention on hydrothermal activity
CASPER, Wyo. — The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory has released a new 10-year plan to help monitor volcanic, hydrothermal and earthquake activity and to assess hazards in the Yellowstone Plateau region, according to the University of Wyoming. The new plan calls for the updating of some existing infrastructure and the addition of new infrastructure to help […]
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Goodbye Sky? Wyoming astronomers ponder the future after Musk’s ‘satellite train’ flies overhead
CASPER, Wyo. — University of Wyoming Professor of Physics & Astronomy Daniel Dale was backpacking in the Snowy Range last month when he suddenly spotted something moving in the moonless night sky. “It was pretty insane,” he said, recalling the site of some 60 bright, low-orbiting satellites in a perfect line speeding overhead. “It was […]
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WATCH: President Biden to show first Webb Space Telescope images
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are to receive a briefing from NASA officials and preview the first images from the Webb Space Telescope, the highest-resolution images of the infrared universe ever captured. The first image from the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope is going to show the farthest […]
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UW’s Biodiversity Institute seeking volunteer scientists for Rocky Mountain Amphibian Project
CASPER, Wyo. — The University of Wyoming’s Biodiversity Institute is seeking volunteers to help with the Rocky Mountain Amphibian Project. “With this community science opportunity, you adopt a catchment in a route of your choice, visit that catchment twice this summer, and record all of the toads, frogs, and salamanders that you find,” the Biodiversity […]
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VIDEO: Total lunar eclipse will be easy to see over Wyoming skies if weather cooperates
CASPER, Wyo. — A total lunar eclipse is expected to occur on the evening of Sunday, May 15, and should be easily visible with the naked eye if weather cooperates. The Moon will be close to perigee during the eclipse, meaning it will be near its closest point to Earth in its elliptical orbit, Chris […]
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Study: Early wildflower blooms sign of a warming Wyoming
Wyoming botanists retraced the steps of famed ecologist Frank Craighead, author of the popular phenology guide, “For Everything There Is A Season.” Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile Wyoming botanist Trevor Bloom spotted his first springtime blooms of the year on March 28. Bloom, while tracing the footsteps of famed ecologist Frank Craighead at Blacktail Butte in Grand […]
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PHOTOS: After teasing chance to glimpse Northern Lights in Wyoming, NWS in Riverton captures ‘dancing colors in the sky’
CASPER, Wyo. — On Wednesday, the National Weather Service (NWS) in Riverton forecast the possibility that people might be able to glimpse the Aurora Borealis during the evening hours. “If you are up this evening or even late at night, take a look to the north — you might see those dancing colors in the […]
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Students tackle topical and timeless topics at district and regional science fair
CASPER, Wyo. — Timely and timeless questions of scientific inquiry (from steam technology to the performance of battery-driven vehicles and sleep hygiene) were tackled by students at the Natrona County School District and Central Regional Science Fair at Verda James Elementary on Saturday. One student even took a crack at some of science’s holy grails: the […]
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NWS Riverton: Moon, Mars and Venus to closely align before sunrise Saturday
CASPER, Wyo. — The National Weather Service (NWS) in Riverton said on Thursday morning that people who are awake early on Saturday, January 29 have the opportunity to catch a close alignment of the Moon, Mars and Venus ahead of the New Moon, which occurs on February 1. “If you are up early Saturday morning, […]
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Casper Planetarium hosting ‘Wyoming Observe the Moon Night’ on September 11
CASPER, Wyo. — The Natrona County School District announced on Monday that the Casper Planetarium will be hosting a “Wyoming Observe the Moon Night” from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. Saturday, September 11. The event will be free and open to the public. Activities during the event will include: Telescope observing on the lawn of the […]
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One of Wyoming’s biggest quakes originated north of Casper, cracked Grand Hotel
CASPER, Wyo — The 3.7 magnitude earthquake Sunday north of Glenrock may have been the talk of the town Monday, but it was barely mentioned at the Wyoming State Geological Survey staff meeting. “When I saw that one come through, I thought it was [in an] interesting place, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen, […]
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Casper to host summit on bioscience innovation August 12-13
CASPER, Wyo. — The future of healthc are and biosciences in Wyoming will be the topic of the first WYO BIO Innovation Summit, to be held at Casper College Thursday and Friday, August 12-13. According to a University of Wyoming announcement Friday, the summit is a joint project of UW, Advance Casper, IMPACT 307, Casper […]
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Natrium nuclear plant coming to Wyoming may not improve on existing water-cooled reactors
CASPER, Wyo. — When Governor Mark Gordon announced this June that Wyoming has been selected for the construction of a new “advanced” nuclear reactor, he said it would be “game-changing and monumental” for Wyoming. The system that would be built at one of four sites in Wyoming is called the “Natrium” reactor. It was co-developed […]
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UW: Study finds 2020 wildfires, summer snow linked to mass migratory bird mortalities
CASPER, Wyo. — The University of Wyoming said on Thursday that UW Assistant Professor Di Yang led research that found severe wildfires and wildfire smoke along with late summer snow storms in 2020 “led to patterns of mass mortality events for various bird species in 12 Western states.” “Migratory die-off events in the western U.S. […]
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Game and Fish forensic lab receives National Standard board’s ‘top accreditation’
CASPER, Wyo –The Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Wildlife Forensics and Fish Health Lab in Laramie recently received a “highly coveted” accreditation through the American National Standards Institute’s National Accreditation Board, the Department said Monday. “It’s the top accreditation a lab can acquire, and it makes the Game and Fish facility one of the most […]
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Lander Swim Club athlete heads to U.S. Olympic swim team trials
From the County 10 news desk and by Rendezvous Dental. (Lander, WY) – Local athlete Jonny Kulow from the Lander Swim Club is set to attend the U.S. Olympic Team – Swimming in Omaha, Nebraska in Wave I from June 4-7, 2021. Traditionally held every four years, the Olympic Trials are the largest and most prestigious swimming […]
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UW team’s discovery of unusual inland belt of melted crust could point to ore deposits
CASPER, Wyo —A group of University of Wyoming professors and students has identified an unusual belt of igneous rocks that stretches for over 2,000 miles from British Columbia, Canada, to Sonora, Mexico, UW announced. The rock belt runs through Idaho, Montana, Nevada, southeast California and Arizona. “Geoscientists usually associate long belts of igneous rocks with […]
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UW study: each Wyoming ‘orphaned’ oil and gas well emits less methane/hr than a dairy cow
CASPER, Wyo. —University of Wyoming “Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute” (EORI) research has found that abandoned and unplugged oil and gas wells in Wyoming “are likely responsible for less than 1 percent of reported methane emissions from the state’s oil and gas operations,” UW said in an April 9 release. “Sampling conducted at 10 such ‘orphan’ […]
