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 ...

Six Flags Magic Mountain has long considered itself "The Thrill Capital of the World," a competitive title in a world of ...

When the weekly hang is in the William Pennington Engineering Building and the conversation is about gravitational force and laws of motion, then the friend group is the Roller Coaster Club. “I wanted ...

Twenty years after opening, this wooden roller coaster hiding in an Indiana cornfield remains an unexpected thrill.

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 ...

A Lithuanian designer has conceptualized a unique approach to end lives with a combination of "elegance and euphoria" - a roller coaster designed to induce cerebral hypoxia. TOPSHOT - People wearing ...

When I’ve interviewed roller coaster engineers about their profession, I received similar answers to the question: “Is this the only job you’ve ever really wanted?” The answer is some version of, ...

There's a massive new roller coaster taking shape inside West Edmonton Mall's Galaxyland, and we got a sneak peek at what's ...

The closure of Six Flags' X2 roller coaster has drawn new attention to the risks associated with extreme thrill rides.