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Americans desire time travel, mind reading powers

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011, 5:29pm
Americans desire time travel, mind reading powers

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) - Being able to fly would be nice, so would invisibility. But given a chance to pick one superpower, more Americans say they would want to travel through time or read other people's minds.

Time travel and mind reading tied for first place in a Marist College poll released Tuesday. Both superpowers received 28 percent of the votes out of five choices. Flying came in third followed by the ability to teleport and invisibility.

Pollsters surveyed 1,020 people across the country Nov. 15 through Nov. 18. The margin of error is plus or minus three percentage points.

      

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

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WNYT lights it up like it's 'Dynamite'

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Monday, January 24th, 2011, 5:48pm

We were so impressed by what the students at Monument Mountain Regional High School did that we were inspired to create our own lip dub.

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Paul Caiano's Zombie Warning Forecast

Submitted by Chris Rooney, WNYT Web Manager
Friday, October 29th, 2010, 1:03pm

According to meteorologist Paul Caiano, Halloween looks to have a mix of sun and clouds with a chance of zombies.

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Vegetable Orchestra plants itself in Schenectady

Submitted by Nick Antz, WNYT Web Producer
Friday, October 15th, 2010, 3:33pm

Have you ever wondered what an orchestra made entirely of people using vegetables to make music sounds like?

Probably not, but now that you know such a thing exists you can check it out for yourself live at Proctor's when The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra performs on November 3 at 8 p.m.

The group performs a diverse range of music from house to jazz; with the musical direction often being guided by newly invented instruments. They play exclusively using instruments like carrot flutes, pumpkin basses and celery bongos.

Anyone looking to take a trip into the vegetable sound garden can buy tickets for $10, $15, or $20. They're available from the Proctor's Box Office, online at www.proctors.org, or by phone at 518-346-6204.

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