This year's slate of Ig Nobel Prize winners include researchers who painted cows like zebras and a team who analyzed the pizza preferences of lizards.

BOSTON: A team of researchers from Japan wondered if painting cows with zebra-like stripes would prevent flies from biting them. Another group from Africa and Europe pondered the…

The tongue-in-cheek scientific awards also recognise research into lizard's preferred pizza and garlicky breastmilk.