This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. BOSTON — A team of researchers from Japan wondered if painting cows with zebra-like stripes would prevent flies ...

BOSTON (AP) — A team of researchers from Japan wondered if painting cows with zebralike stripes would prevent flies from biting them. Another group from Africa and Europe pondered the types of pizza ...

A researcher who studied fingernail growth and a group that explored whether painting zebra-like stripes on cows reduced fly bights are among the winners of this year's Ig Nobels The Ig Nobel Prize ...

The Ig Nobel Prize for biology is accepted by Tomoki Kojima, Kazato Oishi, Yasushi Matsubara, Yuki Uchiyama, Yoshihiko Fukushima, Naoto Aoki, Say Sato, Tatsuaki Masuda, Junichi Ueda, Hiroyuki Hirooka, ...

A few years back, farmers in Japan’s Yamagata prefecture were scared to release their Black cows into farmlands. The moment these cows would step outside, gangs of cattle flies or gadflies would swarm ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One Ig Nobel-winning study involved painting cows with zebra-like stripes. - Kojima et al via PLOS Ever wondered whether painting ...

Ever wondered whether painting a cow with zebra stripes might reduce the number of fly bites it gets, or which pizza toppings different kinds of lizards prefer? If so, you’re not alone: There are ...