#discoveries

[myjetpack]

My latest New Scientist cartoon.

#science #discoveries #tom gauld #cartoon

[mask131]

The missing Arthurian knight - rediscovered in 2019

Well the title is a slight lie - the missing knight wasn't rediscovered in 2019, it was earlier than that, but he didn't became public until 2019.

So what's this "missing knight" about? Well as the title says. There was a knight part of the Arthurian myth, and he had been missing ever since the Middle-Ages, and he was only recently rediscovered.

Or rather, to be exact - there was an Arthurian novel centered around a knight that existed and was a famous and well-known part of the Arthurian literature in the Middle-Ages, but that completely disappeared, and was forgotten by culture (as much popular culture as the scholarly one). Until very recently.

This rediscovered novel has been a hot topic of all Arthuriana fans in Europe for a few years now - and yet I do not see much talk about this onto this website, despite Tumblr being a big place for Arthurian fans?

So I will correct this by doing a series of posts about the subject. And this post will be the first one, the introduction post presenting to you "Ségurant, le chevalier au dragon" ; "Segurant, the knight of the dragon". A French medieval novel part of the Arthurian literature (hence the "chevalier au X" title structure - like Lancelot, the knight of the cart or Yvain the knight of the lion from Chrétien de Troyes), the reason this story was forgotten by all medievalist and literary scholars is - long story short - because it never existed in any full manuscript (at least none that survived to this day). It was a complete story yes, with even variations apparently, but that was cut into pieces and fragments inserted into various other manuscripts and texts (most notably various "Merlin's Prophecies").

The novel and the Knight of the Dragon were rediscovered through the work of Emanuele Arioli, who rediscovered a fragment of the story while looking at an old manuscript of a Merlin Prophecies, and then went on the hunt for the other fragments and pieces scattered around Europe, until he finally could compile the full story, that he then published in 2019, at the Belles Lettres publishing house, in 2019.

Arioli reconstructed the text, and translated it in both modern French and Italian for scholarly and professional editions (aka Honoré Champion in France, a reference for universities)...

... But also for a more "all public, found in all libraries" edition - the famous 2019 edition at Les Belles Lettres.

And not only that, but he also participated to both a comic book adaptation with Emiliano Tanzillo...

... and an adaptation as an illustrated children novel!

Finally, just a few weeks, the Franco-German channel Arte released a documentary about the reconstitution and content of this missing novel called "Le Chevalier au dragon: Le roman disparu de la Table Ronde". (The Knight of the Dragon - The missing novel of the Round Table). The full documentary is on Youtube in French for those that speak the language, here. And in German here for those who speak German.

Unfortunately there is no English version of the documentary that I know of, nor any English publications of the actual text - just French and Italian. But hey, I'll try to palliate to that by doing some English-speaking posts about this whole business!

#ségurant #segurant #the knight of the dragon #le chevalier au dragon #arthuriana #arthurian myth #arthurian literature #arthurian novel #discoveries #medieval literature #arthurian legend #arthurian knights #found media #lost media #that people didn't even know was lost

[pangeen]

" Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. - Carl Sagan "

//© universeviewz

#space #planets #earth #Science #Discoveries #Knowledge #space exploration #quantumtheory #stringstheory #quantummechanics #quantumphysics #aesthetics #explore #follow #discover

[shootonsight]

old polaroid i found in the storage shed in my grandma’s yard || probably taken somewhere in nebraska or pennsylvania

#discoveries #mine #photography #vintage

[thebest-medicine]

🚨HELLO JUNJI ITO MADE A TICKLE HORROR MANGA AND IM SCREAMING AHHH 🚨

“The Ghosts of Golden Time”

here’s a cool article about it as well

#tickling #manga tickling #the ghosts of golden time #tickle horror #tickle media #junji Ito #horror manga #horror #tickles #manga #art #tickle art #tickle comic #tickle manga #spooky #cool #new things #discoveries

[philosophybits]

I mistrust illuminations: what we take for a discovery is very often only a familiar thought that we have not recognized.

Jean-Paul Sartre, Saint Genet

#philosophy #quotes #Jean-Paul Sartre #Saint Genet #discoveries #thought #thinking #awareness

[wachinyeya]

#wildlife #cambodia #good news #environmentalism #science #environment #nature #animals #conservation #wildlife species #discoveries #mangroves #mangrove forests

[nobeerreviews]

I seek, not to find, but to discover.

-- Anthony T. Hincks

(Siracusa, Italy)

#finding #discoveries #courtyard #siracusa #syracuse #anthony t hinks #travel photography #italy #quote #sicily

[gustaving]

“Discoveries,” from Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear by Palestinian poet, Mosab Abu Taha

#poetry #lit #hwdr #palestine #discoveries #Gaza #mosab abu toha

[mapsontheweb]

A period marked by great discoveries, the 15th century saw significant political upheavals across the world. Christian Europe particularly wishes to increase its influence on unconquered lands.

by maglhistoire

#maps #maglhistoire #twsourced #discoveries #15th century #voyages

[geo-candy]

This is an early example of a successful cranioplasty from Peru (400 CE). The patient survived, as evidenced by the well-healed in situ cranioplasty made from a gold inlay.

#discoveries

[evabloom]

First week of spring in Pixie world 💚🎀

#cottagecore #spring #flowers #fairy #fairycore #wonderland #original photography on tumblr #photographers on tumblr #photography #paris #artists on tumblr #pixie hollow #pixie dust #magic #discoveries #exploring #paradise #tulips #naturecore #bliss #welcome to dreamworld

[alwayswiselight]

Some of you may have seen the news articles in April regarding the archaeological discovery in Istanbul of the 1,500 year old Byzantine lady's sandal bearing the inscription: "Use in health, lady, wear in beauty and happiness." Truly the mark of an elegant, refined, and spiritual society.

#Byzantium #discoveries

[jcmarchi]

Researchers detect a new molecule in space

New Post has been published on https://thedigitalinsider.com/researchers-detect-a-new-molecule-in-space/

Researchers detect a new molecule in space

New research from the group of MIT Professor Brett McGuire has revealed the presence of a previously unknown molecule in space. The team’s open-access paper, “Rotational Spectrum and First Interstellar Detection of 2-Methoxyethanol Using ALMA Observations of NGC 6334I,” appears in April 12 issue of The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

Zachary T.P. Fried, a graduate student in the McGuire group and the lead author of the publication, worked to assemble a puzzle comprised of pieces collected from across the globe, extending beyond MIT to France, Florida, Virginia, and Copenhagen, to achieve this exciting discovery. 

“Our group tries to understand what molecules are present in regions of space where stars and solar systems will eventually take shape,” explains Fried. “This allows us to piece together how chemistry evolves alongside the process of star and planet formation. We do this by looking at the rotational spectra of molecules, the unique patterns of light they give off as they tumble end-over-end in space. These patterns are fingerprints (barcodes) for molecules. To detect new molecules in space, we first must have an idea of what molecule we want to look for, then we can record its spectrum in the lab here on Earth, and then finally we look for that spectrum in space using telescopes.”

Searching for molecules in space

The McGuire Group has recently begun to utilize machine learning to suggest good target molecules to search for. In 2023, one of these machine learning models suggested the researchers target a molecule known as 2-methoxyethanol. 

“There are a number of ‘methoxy’ molecules in space, like dimethyl ether, methoxymethanol, ethyl methyl ether, and methyl formate, but 2-methoxyethanol would be the largest and most complex ever seen,” says Fried. To detect this molecule using radiotelescope observations, the group first needed to measure and analyze its rotational spectrum on Earth. The researchers combined experiments from the University of Lille (Lille, France), the New College of Florida (Sarasota, Florida), and the McGuire lab at MIT to measure this spectrum over a broadband region of frequencies ranging from the microwave to sub-millimeter wave regimes (approximately 8 to 500 gigahertz). 

The data gleaned from these measurements permitted a search for the molecule using Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations toward two separate star-forming regions: NGC 6334I and IRAS 16293-2422B. Members of the McGuire group analyzed these telescope observations alongside researchers at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (Charlottesville, Virginia) and the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 

“Ultimately, we observed 25 rotational lines of 2-methoxyethanol that lined up with the molecular signal observed toward NGC 6334I (the barcode matched!), thus resulting in a secure detection of 2-methoxyethanol in this source,” says Fried. “This allowed us to then derive physical parameters of the molecule toward NGC 6334I, such as its abundance and excitation temperature. It also enabled an investigation of the possible chemical formation pathways from known interstellar precursors.”

Looking forward

Molecular discoveries like this one help the researchers to better understand the development of molecular complexity in space during the star formation process. 2-methoxyethanol, which contains 13 atoms, is quite large for interstellar standards — as of 2021, only six species larger than 13 atoms were detected outside the solar system, many by McGuire’s group, and all of them existing as ringed structures.  

“Continued observations of large molecules and subsequent derivations of their abundances allows us to advance our knowledge of how efficiently large molecules can form and by which specific reactions they may be produced,” says Fried. “Additionally, since we detected this molecule in NGC 6334I but not in IRAS 16293-2422B, we were presented with a unique opportunity to look into how the differing physical conditions of these two sources may be affecting the chemistry that can occur.”

#2023 #ALMA #Astronomy #Astrophysics #atoms #chemical #chemistry #college #complexity #data #Denmark #detection #development #Discoveries #earth #ether #fingerprints #form #France #how #interstellar #it #learning #Light #Machine Learning #measure #measurements #members #mit #molecules

[miss-biophys]

I like my bacteria on ice

Resistant bacteria are happily waiting in -80°C for me to find out how best to kill them.

#antimicrobial resistance #amr #science #women in science #research #postdoc #original content #stem #bacteria #freezing #on ice #discoveries #anticipating #new job

[luxuryon]

Beosand Balance - A collaboration between Bang & Olufsen and Benjamin Hubert from the British industrial design studio LAYER

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#design #product design #industrial design #speaker #cool finds #wishlist #discoveries #product discovery #newsletter #subscribe #bang olufsen #design object #home decor #interiors #interior design