Roller coaster engineer Korey Kiepert joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about roller coasters and the people who design them. How do roller coasters work? Who invented the first ...

The euthanasia coaster was designed by Julijonas Urbonas to kill riders through g-force-induced cerebral hypoxia with ...

With nothing but paper, tape, and a marble as a test vehicle, engineering students at Tyler ISD’s Career and Technology Center put their designs to the test, building roller coasters filled with loops ...

There is a certain historical charm to wooden rollercoasters, even if many prefer to admire them from a distance these days. Although the thrill ride’s origins technically trace back to 19th century ...

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While you may not be a fan of the heart pumping, adrenaline boosting feeling of a roller coaster's twists and turns, for others, it's the best part of the warmer months or even a core memory of their ...

A group of teenagers huddled around a table in the Augusta County Library on Thursday night, folding pieces of colorful paper. Laughing and talking, the students made chutes, funnels and twists to ...

Students in an eighth-grade engineering class at Pleasantville Middle School constructed roller coasters using marbles, paper, popsicle sticks, tape and their critical-thinking skills. The young ...