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 ...

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 ...

A marvel of wooden coaster engineering, Twister at Gröna Lund in Stockholm, Sweden, packs big thrills into a compact footprint. Nestled along the park’s waterfront, its classic yet innovative design ...

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 ...

Even the long lines won’t keep us away. By Gilbert Cruz, Mekado Murphy, Brooks Barnes, Alex Barron, Tina Antolini, Kate LoPresti, Luke Vander Ploeg, Wendy Dorr, Rowan Niemisto, Dan Powell, Elisheba ...

Of the estimated 6,600 roller coasters in the world, several stand tall among the rest by offering thrills that go beyond the standard coaster and take excitement to new heights. Nothing quite matches ...