The year is 2024. The world's population has nearly doubled, and the United States economy has hit an all-time low. Resources are scarce and the world is in chaos. How is it possible that the world population is increasing so rapidly? Eventually human cloning was created and everyone who wanted a clone of themselves bought one. Soon the families had double the mouths to feed and there wasn't enough food. Is this the future people want? It appears in science fiction novels, frivolous cartoons, and newspaper headlines. Despite its popularity, cloning is such a broad topic that very little information has been found about it. “There are three types of cloning: DNA cloning, therapeutic cloning, and reproductive cloning” (Farrel and Carson-Dewitt). Reproductive cloning is the method used to clone complex organisms such as animals and possibly humans. Although cloning is a largely unknown and ambiguous part of science, it is highly controversial. Animal cloning is questioned, but human cloning is constantly debated. Scientists are starting to clone organisms, but it is wrong and unnatural because it is against many religions, requires advanced technology, and will have a negative effect on the human population. Cloning can have many different meanings. According to the Collins English Dictionary, cloning can be defined as a group of organisms or cells of the same genetic material taken from a common ancestor by asexual reproduction (“clone”). In other words, DNA is taken from one organism and inserted into another (“clone”). Cloning has been considered science fiction, yet it has existed for over fifty years. However, cloning was never popular until 1997. Dolly the sheep was the first mammal to be successfully cloned. “Although many other animal species had b...... middle of paper......ing, Human.” Biotechnology: Changing Life Through Science. Vol. 1: Medicines. Detroit: U*X*L, 2007 65-69. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web, February 20, 2014. Farrell, Courtney and Carson-Dewitt, Rosalyn. Web. February 20, 2014. Herper, Matthew "We cloned you. Now, here's the bill." Forbes. Forbes Magazine, June 29, 2001. Web. February 27, 2014. "Human Cloning." Issues & Controversies On File: n. page Issues & Controversies. Facts On File News Services, December 29, 2006. Web. February 24, 2014. Wells, Ken R. “Cloning.” Detroit: Gale, 2003. 268-270. Gale Virtual Reference Library. 2014.