Science: researchers awarded at ‘Ig Nobel’ awards

Researchers have been awarded at the ‘Ig Nobel’ awards in Boston for comic scientific achievement.

Among those honoured were a group of researchers from Japan who painted cows with zebra-like stripes in a bid to prevent flies from biting them and a teamg from Africa and Europe whopondered the types of pizza lizards preferred to eat.

Honored in ten categories, the winners also include a group from Europe who discovered that drinking…