With thrillseekers searching for ever higher highs, roller coasters are getting faster, taller and more extreme. But how extreme can they get before they're limited by the physics of the human body? This episode of The Ultimates dives into the science and engineering behind some of the world's best roller coasters as it tries to answer that question.

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