A few lucky campers were indoors this week, designing roller coasters that might go too fast to be safe in real life.

How do roller coasters work? In this in-depth video, we explore the history, physics, and engineering behind roller coasters — from the earliest Russian Mountains and wooden switchback railways to ...

Math and science are a scream for the 12 students in the course “Roller Coasters: Theory, Design, and Properties,” at Bates College, in Lewiston, Me. The students study roller-coaster design to learn ...

Before leaving for Thanksgiving break, sixth-graders at Union's sixth and seventh grade center learned the science behind roller coasters. Science teachers Janie Evans and Kris Cunnane asked students ...

People can pass out, gray out, or experience loss of peripheral vision on coasters for a number of reasons. But according to the Rice Undergraduate Science Research Journa l, the main reason is ...