[HN Gopher] Insect pests and radiation: SIT, inherited sterility...
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       Insect pests and radiation: SIT, inherited sterility, biological
       control
        
       Author : suspecting
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2023-09-20 05:06 UTC (17 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.iaea.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.iaea.org)
        
       | bobbygoodlatte wrote:
       | I initially mis-read this as IKEA and was ready for a much more
       | bizarre read
        
         | bigstrat2003 wrote:
         | Same here. I have to admit that the story was a lot more
         | exciting in my mind before I realized my mistake.
        
       | RecycledEle wrote:
       | Have You ever seen the movie "The Fly?"
        
         | [deleted]
        
       | sigmar wrote:
       | What percentage of the irradiated mosquitos die before mating? or
       | were successful in bearing offspring? Seems like a very 'blunt'
       | method, but perhaps cheaper than the Oxitec (genetic engineering)
       | approach?
        
       | laiwjerlia wrote:
       | I got to intern with the IAEA way back when. Nuclear power and
       | nuclear weapons are honestly the least interesting parts of their
       | work.
        
       | irq wrote:
       | For those looking for details about how nuclear technology is
       | used here:
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       | > Irradiation, such as with gamma rays and X-rays, is used to
       | sterilize mass-reared insects
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       | https://www.iaea.org/topics/sterile-insect-technique
        
         | ortusdux wrote:
         | In case you were wondering why you were downvoted, the 4th
         | paragraph of the main link covers all this.
        
           | xigency wrote:
           | It looks like this is from the primary source (IAEA) and the
           | submission is an almost verbatim copy. However, it's a
           | similarly short snippet.
           | 
           | Here is another article including the illustrations copied on
           | the blog post which has more detail:
           | 
           | IAEA How to Control Insect Pests Using Radiation
           | https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/how-to-control-
           | insect-p...
        
             | dang wrote:
             | Thanks! We changed the URL to that from
             | https://www.karlsnotes.com/how-the-iaea-uses-nuclear-
             | technol....
        
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