Lego's new play set features its first female scientists. Available in August, the set, "Research Institute," comes with a female astronomer, chemist and paleontologist, as well as pieces to create a ...

Lego is officially launching a series of tiny, plastic female scientists this August, including an astronomer, paleontologist and a chemist. The idea was submitted by Dr Ellen Kooijman, a geochemist ...

Legos allow you to build pretty much anything, and now the Danish company that invented the toy is trying to build something else — support for females in technology fields. (Via Getty Images) ...

ENFIELD, Conn. -- Lego has unveiled a set of figures celebrating the women of NASA. The 231-piece set features Sally Ride, the first American female astronaut, and Mae Jemison, the first black woman ...

Thanks to the "Research Institute" set released by the toy company Lego last year, research geologist Circe Verba can build something that looks sort of like her job. She can pose a little Lego figure ...

Lego can’t understand how it got here, smack in the middle of a gender toy war, but they’ve raised a white flag by releasing several new lady scientist figures. Are you not entertained? The Research ...

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LEGO released a brand new female scientist mini-figure on Sept. 1 as part of its Minifigure Series 11. The new female scientist is being hailed for debunking female toy stereotypes. "Let us hope that ...

Scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) have turned to their love of Lego brick building when designing launch pads and shelters for astronauts visiting the moon, as part of the Artemis program.

Scientists may have just found the "building bricks" for future moon bases in the toy store — and the public can soon see them there, too. European Space Agency (ESA) researchers discovered more than ...

Lego isn’t just for building spaceship replicas and memorable scenes from your favorite franchise. Scientists in Wales have used the beloved plastic bricks to piece together a machine that grows human ...