Hype, Hope, and Help: Situating a Science Announcement in a Web of Stories

Julia Diekämper1, Solveig Lena Hansen2
1Department Museum and Society, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany
2Department of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

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This art-science-interaction article focuses on moral implications of a recent science announcement. Against the background of literary and cultural theories, it compares a YouTube story with narratives employed in fictional stories.

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