Google's latest update to the Google Docs code blocks feature brings support for more than a dozen new programming languages.

With a new initiative called Project Bloks, a team of Google researchers is trying to make coding a hands-on experience---literally.

The partners are working on an open source version of the language called "Scratch Blocks" based on Blockly, Google's own visual programming code.

Playing with blocks helps young children gain language skills, a small study concluded on Monday.

Playing with toy blocks may lead to improved language development in middle- and low-income children, according to a new study.