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  "id": 5408636,
  "title": "Canadian who helped design splash-free urinal is proud of his weird science award",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/canadian-who-helped-design-splash-free-urinal-is-proud-of-his-weird",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-03T19:46:58.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/2026-ig-nobels-9.7331408"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A team of University of Waterloo scientists won this year's Ig Nobel Physics Prize for their \"theoretical and experimental attempts to design a splash-free urinal.\"",
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        "title": "Canadian who helped design splash-free urinal is proud of his weird science award",
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