The coaster offers a 70-foot track elevation and a top speed of 40 mph. It's nothing to get wildly excited about for a hardened rider, but for younger enthusiasts just dipping their toes into the ...

What keeps roller coasters on the track and riders safely in their seats? This video explains roller coaster safety, the evolution of coaster design, and how ride mechanisms function. The ...

Roller coaster engineer Korey Kiepert joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about roller coasters and the people who design them. ... and some steel roller coaster track.

The stomach-dropping coaster travels to the end of its horizontal track before tilting at a 90-degree angle and dropping down into a pitch-black tunnel, reaching 3.5 Gs.

Everything you need to know about Cedar Point's new Siren's Curse roller coaster, which opened to select coaster fans ...

Roller coaster designers are experts on the physics of flinging people through the air in safe but terrifying ways. A look at the forces at work and why they make us scream.

Steel Dragon 2000 was unveiled in August 2000, ushering in the new millennium as the world's longest roller coaster. The track was once owner of the tallest and fastest records as well, but more ...