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 ...

There is a certain historical charm to wooden rollercoasters, even if many prefer to admire them from a distance these days.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students in an eighth-grade engineering class at Pleasantville Middle School constructed roller coasters using marbles, paper, ...

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 ...

The University at Buffalo’s Theme Park Engineering Club (UB TPEC) loaded up on coffee for the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) Thrill Design Competition. The three-day competition, hosted by ...

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 ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Two roller coasters at Seabreeze Amusement Park were recognized by the American Coaster Enthusiasts ...

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Roller coasters have been providing amusement park visitors with thrills for well over a century, and they've come a very ...

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 ...

Some roller coaster enthusiasts at Cedar Point got an unexpected thrill this past weekend when Siren's Curse got stuck.