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2026 Ig Nobels Celebrate Science’s Strangest Ideas

Cockroach milk, mosquito 3D-printing nozzles, splash-free urinals, and buried underwear show the serious thinking behind unusual research.

Motif Reimagines BIM Around AI Agents

The browser-native platform gives AI agents direct access to project data, allowing them to create, inspect, document, and modify BIM content alongside human designers.

Mathematicians Solve a 15-Year Quest for Perfectly Fair Dice

Five specially numbered 60-sided dice can determine a completely fair playing order for any group of players without ties or rerolls.

Cable Carrier Design Protects Industrial Robots from Motion Damage

Steel reinforcement, three-axis flexibility, active retraction, and modular protection help cables and hoses withstand demanding robotic movements.

Terahertz Sensing Could Make Plastic Packaging Easier to Recycle

Researchers are redesigning container geometry to improve automated plastic identification while preserving usability, appearance, and transportation efficiency.

AI’s Token Economy Comes with a Growing Price

More capable reasoning models consume far more tokens, computing power, and energy, raising questions about who will ultimately pay for expanding AI use.

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