Mekado Murphy, the assistant film editor for The New York Times, moonlights as the newspaper’s unofficial roller coaster ...

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 ...

The world of roller coasters is an exciting one. The towering steel (or sometimes wooden) tracks stand like giant beacons within their respective theme parks. They beckon for adventurous riders to ...

Six Flags New England is getting ready to add something very different to its lineup—and it’s aimed squarely at kids who are ...

The Six Flags Magic Mountain skyline will soon be changing again as progress continues on a first-of-its-kind roller coaster that will take thrill seekers on an off-road motorcycle ride over rugged ...

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 ...

Thrill seekers and amusement park lovers may live for the high-octane rush of launch roller coasters but most probably never consider how they actually work. Some would probably make the mistake of ...

The world’s first fourth-dimension roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain is getting a little TLC that should make the revolutionary ride a little smoother for riders brave enough to climb aboard.

When it comes to roller coasters, not all states are equal. California, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania consistently rank among the top states. Texas is also a contender with the second-highest number ...

Weeks of anticipation built up from cryptic messages posted by Six Flags Great America on social media came to a resolution Thursday, with the park announcing their first new roller coaster since 2019 ...