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A Japanese research team has received the 35th Ig Nobel Prize for their study showing that painting zebra-like stripes on cows reduces the number of flies attaching to them. The prize, often called ...

Faded zebra crossings and the lack of pedestrian signals are putting pedestrians at risk at 16 major junctions in Kochi city in Kerala. Earlier this month, the Traffic West police wrote to the Public ...

The Ig Nobel Prizes are back and, as always, they prove that the intersection of humor and science can sometimes yield the most unexpected insights. Each year, the awards honor unusual research that ...

Painting zebra stripes on cows to fend off flies, lizards' favourite pizza toppings and how booze helps you speak another language: these were some of the winners at the Ig Nobel prizes, which ...

Some of the world’s most imaginative scientific minds have been celebrated at the Ig Nobel awards, which recognize ...

A team of Japanese researchers has been honored with an Ig Nobel Prize for its study which was aimed at finding out whether cows painted with zebra-like stripes could avoid being bitten by flies. The ...

A group of Japanese researchers won this year's Ig Nobel Prize for biology on Thursday for their discovery that painting cows in a zebra pattern makes them attract fewer blood-feeding insects. It is ...