Does painting cows with stripes prevent fly bites? Researchers who studied this win 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, and Katsutoshi Kino, for their experiments to learn whether cows painted with zebra- like striping can avoid being bitten by flies, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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