NASA’s Curiosity rover has landed safely on Mars, and the celebrations have begun. Photos and data will soon begin pouring in from Curiosity, revealing more of Mars in an effort to rise to President Obama’s challenge of sending humans to …

I’m sure you’re well-versed in the amazing things that can be built using everyone’s favorite childhood (and adulthood, for that matter) toy, LEGO. So, it’s probably not surprising to hear that someone has managed to make another awesome machine using …

Think about all the different components that goes into making an aircraft engine. The complexity and costs of each engine must be the reason why more people don’t build aircraft in their spare time. Rolls-Royce, maker of fine aircraft engines, …

KRE-O made quite the splash last week when they announced that they were bringing a whole fleet of Star Trek sets to San Diego Comic-Con. While the Enterprise set preview was impressive, it still wasn’t LEGO or their far superior …

There’s no getting around it – I love it when LEGO and nerd properties collide. That’s why I’m so adamant on getting that Portal LEGO set out of committee and into the hands of my fellow nerds everywhere. There are …

I love LEGO. I love Portal. What if there was a way to combine my love for two equally awesome things into a single property of epic proportions? Good thing LEGO Cuusoo exists to make my dreams a reality. If …

We all love Legos and Google knows it. Google has been working with Lego Australia on a new platform called Build. Essentially, Build is the largest Lego set the World has ever seen (it has 8 trillion bricks). Google says …

Massive legoland sculptures from LEGO artists often make there way to the web after going on display in malls, museums, and Legoland. The sculptures (if they can be called that, since no actual sculpting is involved) capture the imagination of …

This coming Saturday will be the 100th birthday of Alan Turing, the English mathematician famous for helping to break the German Enigma encryption during World War II. Though the man died in 1954, his legacy as one of the founders …

The LEGO video games have never had fully voiced characters. Fans of the series have seen Obi Wan Kenobi, Indiana Jones, and Harry Potter mumble and overact in an attempt to humorously portray their respective movies’ stories. And it was …

Last month, a premature listing on a UK retailer’s website and the announcement of a line of themed toys tipped us to the fact that a Lego Lord of the Rings game was in the pipeline. We expected the unveiling …

A new trailer for Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes has been released, and it showcases the title’s open-world gameplay and voice acting. According to the trailer, which was uploaded to YouTube by user OfficialGaminGuys, Lego Batman 2 open world …

Okay, so before you get started reading this, head on over to this video and get it started playing in the background, then come back. Done? Alright, here we go. If you’re familiar with Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi classic 2001: A …

In this-makes-me-more-excited-than-it-probably-should news, it looks like The Lord of the Rings movie franchise is getting its own Lego game. You know the Lego games, right? Those charming little quests from developer Traveller’s Tales that use classic stories and films as …

Kickstarter artist Zachary Polluck is asking for $26,400 to create the entire first level of Super Mario Brothers pixel by pixel using Legos. The project will require approximately 780,000 bricks, much larger than anything he has attempted before. Most of …

File this under “awesome.” If you have a “badass” drawer, you might want to put it there, too. As you’re probably well aware of already, perhaps the most anticipated movie of the year–The Dark Knight Rises–is getting closer and closer …

I loved LEGO as a kid, and I still love the big Star Wars sets that they release today. I was never really into the other toys, but some of my friends were. It would would have been awesome if …

LEGO may be a building toy, but people can also build awesome robots with it. Google is doing just that this year at SXSW with the Google LEGO MINDSTORMS Hackathon. The event sees teams building a robot out of LEGO …

Winners of the Google Science Fair, the world’s largest online science competition, will be handsomely rewarded for their efforts: prizes include “once-in-a-lifetime experiences like a scientific trip to the Galapagos Islands with National Geographic Expeditions, unique scholarships, and real-life work …

Blame Canada, they say, well this time you certainly can. According to a source, a couple of canadian teens spent $400 on a science project to send their flag holding lego man far up into the air. Matthew Ho and …

Aside from their attempted take down of Facebook, Google has other ventures to attend to as well. Whether it’s introducing new Google Doodles that recognize St. Basil’s Cathedral and beta launches of Google Offer, they also flexed some of their …