As a Twin, I'm Offended by Cloning

Cloning is back, baby—and with it, our fascination. No longer carrying a thrilling frisson of disaster, it slowly appears to be becoming part of the domestic everyday. With last month’s announcement that his dog Junie is a clone of his late pit bull mix Lua, former NFL quarterback Tom Brady has joined Barbra Streisand and Paris Hilton among others in the celebrity trend of cloning beloved—and sadly deceased—pets. Brady explains that Colossal Biosciences, a company in which he is also an investor, “gave my family a second chance with a clone of our beloved dog.”