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What’s Your Ideal Superpower?

MAY 01, 2023
Blake Heckenlaible, Mason Fuller, and Aydan Gibbs, SPS Reporters, Appalachian State University

Everyone wants to be a superhero, but what kind of powers would you like to have? We surveyed SPS members at the 2022 Physics Congress, and here are their top answers.

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1. Flight

2. Telepathy

3. Teleportation

4. Telekinesis

5. Knowledge

6. Ice Power

7. Morph

Honorable Mention: Fill a cup without spilling

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Volume 57, Number 1

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