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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 ...

There was big news in the field of kidney stone research last week, as anyone who scans the internet would know. “Research Finds Thrilling Cure for Kidney Stones: Roller Coasters,” declared NBC News. ...

Got a kidney stone? No problem, says science, just ride a roller coaster. This new unconventional treatment to the ever-painful (and often expensive) passing of a kidney stone has a 70 percent success ...

Your brain wants nothing to do with roller coasters—and for a wonderfully simple reason: your brain would very much like you to stay alive. So anything that’s designed to haul you up to the top of a ...

The City of Syracuse swore in its new mayor on Wednesday. Mayor Sharon Owens is now the first African American to hold the position in the city, as well as only Feet of snow headed to parts of CNY to ...

Just ask any one of the 300,000 Americans who, in any given year, develop kidney stones: What if the excruciating pain of passing one of those little devils could be prevented by strapping yourself ...

Bar-headed geese rise and fall with the terrain below them when they migrate, scientists report in the Jan. 16 Science. This roller coaster flight pattern saves the birds energy, even though they must ...

A roller coaster puts all of these forces – gravity, acceleration and inertia – into play and alternates them in unexpected ways to make your ride seem recklessly fast and dangerous. Which it isn’t, ...

If the swoops and swerves of a regular roller coaster aren't exhilarating enough for you, Six Flags is giving one of its thrill rides a digital twist, offering theme park visitors a new "mixed-reality ...

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Every year, flocks of geese fly hundreds of miles over the Himalayas, migrating from their breeding grounds in Mongolia to southeastern Tibet or India for the winter. Now, a new study reveals how ...