Interesting TED talks

A couple of short videos on TED that may be of interest to MRS or MAS researchers:

Bonnie Bassler discovered that bacteria "talk" to each other, using a chemical language that lets them coordinate defense and mount attacks. The find has stunning implications for medicine, industry -- and our understanding of ourselves.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/bonnie_bassler_on_how_bacteria_communicate.html

JoAnn Kuchera-Morin demos the AlloSphere, an entirely new way to see and interpret scientific data, in full color and surround sound inside a massive metal sphere. Dive into the brain, feel electron spin, hear the music of the elements ...

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/joann_kuchera_morin_tours_the_allosphere.html