One Ig Nobel-winning study involved painting cows with zebra-like stripes. Kojima et al via PLOS

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 scientists who have studied these and other unusual topics in great detail.

Some of them were honored at the Ig Nobel Prize awards ceremony in Boston on Thursday, organizers from the magazine Annals of Improbable Research said in a statement.

The ceremony — the 35th annual Ig Nobel Prize awards — which took place at Boston University and was also webcast, celebrates “achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think.”

As has become tradition at the irreverent event, the in-p

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