The rise, fall, and rise again of LEGO. Our favourite coloured building blocks are back in vogue says LEGO executive Mads Nipper.
Lego is cool again for kids. “Kids are ruthless little bastards,” he says, only half in jest. “If they don’t like the product, then at the end of the day the best marketing and [...]

Stuff of Life (but Not Life Itself) Is Detected on a Distant Planet
Methane, an ingredient of the building blocks of life, has been found in the atmosphere of a planet called HD 189733b, which is 63 lights years distant from Earth.
Astronomers reported Wednesday that they had made the first detection of an organic molecule, [...]

Lego Celebrates 50 Years of Building
Hot on the heels of the Helvetica font’s half century, another classic cultural icon celebrates its 50th birthday this year, none other than Lego building bricks.
It was at 1:58 p.m. on January 28, 1958, that then-Lego head Godtfred Kirk Christiansen filed a patent for the iconic plastic brick with its [...]