Exploring the exciting world of thrill rides, waterslides and other heart-pumping experiences through a scientific lens, hosts Kari Byron and Tory Belleci dive into the engineering and physics that explain why these rides excite adrenaline junkies.
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Air Date: 2015-08-12
Tory & Kari examine how drop rides are designed to exploit riders’ natural fear of falling. The two use themselve...
Air Date: 2015-08-12
Kari & Tory conduct a battle of the sexes to determine which gender handles the rush of extreme thrills better. T...
Air Date: 2015-08-19
Tory experiments with Kari senses as she rides Colorado's Glenwood Canyon Flyer ride, which swings riders over a 1,30...
Air Date: 2015-08-19
Tory and Kari use accelerometers and state-of-the-art eye-tracking equipment to determine the best place seat on a ro...
Air Date: 2015-08-26
Tory and Kari are on a scientific quest to find out if there really is such a thing as an adrenaline junkie.
Air Date: 2015-08-26
Tory and Kari step aboard an epic coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California called Apocalypse to se...
Air Date: 2015-09-02
Tory & Kari set up shop trackside at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, CA, where Tory enrolls in racing school at Simrace...
Air Date: 2015-09-02
Kari heads to Wet 'N' Wild in Palm Springs, CA to learn the science behind waterslides.
Air Date: 2015-09-09
Kari & Tory climb aboard specially outfitted acrobatic aircrafts to test how intense g force conditions affect a ...
Air Date: 2015-09-09
Kari & Tory ride down a bobsled 60 mph around dangerous curves at Lake Placid, NY, a training ground for Olympian...
Air Date: 2015-10-25
Kari & Tory travel across the US, exploring the fun of fear as they enter two of the country's most notorious hau...