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Lenovo's Phab 2 Pro is billed as "the world's first Tango-enabled smartphone." But after just one look at this massive device, it's hard to imagine anyone using it as a phone. It raises the question – what is Tango? Is it worth it?

A recent discovery of fossilized bacteria dating to about 2.5 billion years ago provides long-sought-for evidence that the Earth was crawling with life even though it lacked much oxygen during a phase in our planet's development known as the Neoarchean Eon.

GeoHot couldn't sell his US$1000 self-driving car kit, so he's giving it away. Faced with the threat of huge fines from the US Dept. of Transport, self-driving car startup comma.ai has open sourced its autonomous driving kit, which anyone can now install using about $700 worth of hardware.

BIG and Barcode Architects have designed a mixed-use project for a lake in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, that will include zero-energy residences and be accessible by boat, car, and foot. The design brings to mind BIG's Via 57 West, in the way it riffs on the classic European courtyard building.

Building soccer pitches isn't typically a priority in London's limited space, so architect AL_A has devised a way to make the most of the spaces that are available. Its Pitch/Pitch concept can fit multiple five-a-side soccer pitches on small disused plots by stacking them on top of each other.

With Facebook's Oculus Touch controllers launching this week, it's time to re-evaluate the Rift – and how it fits into the high-end VR landscape.

When it comes to high-end VR gear, the requisite gaming PC is a major investment that can’t be overlooked. Let’s get familiar with the PC requirements for running the leading VR headsets Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

The kitchen and the laboratory have come together at Harvard's Wyss Institute, where researchers have developed a method that allows a biocompatible bioplastic derived from the chitin shells of crustaceans and insects to be used to patch up wounds or hold implanted medical devices in place.

Scientists have come up with a cold plasma technology to zap cooking odors at the source, which means you'll be able to eat at your favorite soul food joint without smelling like it.

Here's our selection of the best drones available now for less than US$250, that offer a little something more than just the sheer thrill of flying.​​

​To say that the world has changed since 1984 is an understatement, but it's hard to visualize. Now Google has released Timelapse, cramming 32 years of human progress/destruction into 10 second bites. From exploding cities to vanishing glaciers, let’s take a quick tour around the globe.

Apple and Microsoft announced their new-for-2016 laptops within days of each other. Join New Atlas as we compare and contrast the 13-inch variants of Apple's current MacBook Pros with the Microsoft Surface Books.