My favorite radiolab episode called 'kill em all' gives a very fun explanation of this technique. The episode is 2 years old, so Zika wasn't a problem yet, but

My favorite radiolab episode called 'kill em all' gives a very fun explanation of this technique. The episode is 2 years old, so Zika wasn't a problem yet, but it easily explains the sterilization science: http://www.radiolab.org/story/kill-em-all/ http://www.radiolab.org/story/kill-em-all/