On Achill Island in Ireland, Cian hopes to spend the summer playing soccer with his friends. But his grandfather thinks it’s about time to pass down a family tradition.
Dr. Wilmut led a team of scientists in Scotland that, in 1996, cloned a mammal for the first time, a feat of genetic engineering that shocked the world.
For 1,000 years, homes dug into a desert cliff have sheltered olive farmers and sheep herders from summer heat and winter cold. But an exodus threatens its future. “We are left alone here.”