Nuclear Flies

Watch how ‘nuclear flies’ can protect us from flesh-eating parasites.

A decades-long battle in Panama’s jungles is being fought against a terrifying parasite.

To control it, scientists release 100 million sterilized, flesh-eating flies from the air each week.

This strategy is part of one of the most successful biological campaigns ever, but it’s a fight that must continue indefinitely and one we can’t afford to lose.