Lego has announced that it will launch science-themed play sets featuring female scientists and their lab tools. The series was chosen as the latest winner of Legos Ideas—in which people can submit and vote on proposals for play sets they'd like the toy company to sell—and comes on the heels of criticism surrounding… » 6/05/14 2:20pm 6/05/14 2:20pm

Could this fan-created female scientist set help Lego fix some of its gender gap issues? » 2/06/14 1:50pm 2/06/14 1:50pm

A seven-year-old girl named Charlotte has taken LEGO to task for not only making more "boy people" than "lego girls," but sending the former on adventures while the latter "sit at home." » 2/02/14 12:55pm 2/02/14 12:55pm

She carries two small Erlenmeyer flasks and a bright, cheerful smile. She's the first of her kind and she's positively delightful! This weekend Lego unveiled their Minifigure Series 11 and the stand-out is the female scientist. This is Prof. Bodin, the minifig who's breaking the brick ceiling. » 9/03/13 9:56pm 9/03/13 9:56pm

Meet Christina Stephens, an occupational therapist, amputee, and the coolest person you've ever or never met. Now, let's watch her build herself a prosthetic leg totally out of LEGO. Fucking awesome. » 7/09/13 12:00am 7/09/13 12:00am

Game of Thrones' and Lego fans rejoice: Eddard Stark, Arya, the Mother of Dragons—sadly with only one baby dragon—John Snow and Tyrion Lannister can be all yours in precious minifig form for $70, a price that will feel something between the Red Wedding and Theon Greyjoy's torture to your credit card. » 6/28/13 9:50am 6/28/13 9:50am

Japanese artist Rie Hosokai, of Daisy Balloon, created this amazing piece of high Lego fashion for Tokyo's "Piece of Peace" charity exhibit at the Parco Museum. Structurally it's simply stunning (albeit a bit Disney Princessy). The construction, contour and shape are based on Hosokai's balloon dress. As an item of… » 6/24/13 12:42pm 6/24/13 12:42pm

Yo, LEGO execs: I don't know if you can hear me from your plastic thrones deep within Mordor (LEGOLAND Edition), but here's a gift from the past to help you shape the ads of the future! » 6/09/13 8:30pm 6/09/13 8:30pm

Lego is having the best year ever and it's all because girls want to pretend-shop, beautify, and pet puppies during playtime: the company said today that its sales soared 25 percent last year thanks in part to its new "Lego Friends" series of very pink and girly building blocks. » 2/21/13 3:20pm 2/21/13 3:20pm

We've been talking a lot about Lego Friends, the new Legos for girls that, while remarkably boring, happen to be selling very well. It's frustrating to see advertisers and toy manufacturers decide what should interest girls and what should interest boys, but it's also interesting to see how they do it. » 2/22/12 5:55pm 2/22/12 5:55pm

The Morning News compiled a chart of different families' Lego nomenclature, so next time you're building a Lego masterpiece your friend won't hand you a "two-piece one stud" when you clearly asked for a "one piece." [Morning News via Buzzfeed] » 11/05/09 11:40am 11/05/09 11:40am

If you've ever wanted to live in an extremely uncomfortable but easily renovated home, now's your chance: a house made completely of LEGOs is being built by James May in Surrey, England, using over 3.5 million blocks. » 7/26/09 3:45pm 7/26/09 3:45pm

Legoland in California has created an intricate model of the inauguration using thousands of Lego bricks, complete with a model White House, motorcade, and lines for the port-a-potties. » 1/19/09 10:40am 1/19/09 10:40am

• Apparently Thierry Mugler's doing Beyonce's tour costumes. This could go in one of two directions. [Style.com]
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It's been an extraordinary week. We've watched the first African-American president give his acceptance speech to a crowd of thousands in Chicago, watched him give his first press conference as President-elect, and watched our country's reputation rebound across the globe, as America finally seemed to do something… » 11/09/08 5:40pm 11/09/08 5:40pm

• Zookeepers at the Milwaukee County Zoo are attempting to lure » 10/28/08 5:30pm 10/28/08 5:30pm Zero the polar bear out of the moat surrounding his habitat after he fell in the moat on October 13. • A Wisconsin man needed in his head after his wife tied him to the bed and pummeled him with a dumbbell on Monday night after he refused to lower his…

Here's exactly what your small child should be playing with: an Amy Winehouse Lego » 9/18/08 2:45pm 9/18/08 2:45pm. For its 30th anniversary, the plastic brick-manufacturer has decided to render Winehouse, Madge, Posh, Brangelina and other such wholesome staples of contempo culture in boxy plastic. Although maybe the most horrifying things we've…