Some blogs present information in unusual ways. Jessica Hagy's Indexed, for instance, cleverly boils down the truth into simple graphs on 3x5 index cards.
Add this to the list: Where It Stands, where conventional wisdom is presented as scales between two opposing values. Here's a sample post:
Ford announced today it was shifting focus to making more small cars. I don't know about you but this news feels like 1981 all over again. That was when Ford first felt the crush of smaller, Japanese cars. A strategy they abandoned once they realized they could make big SUVs again. My guess is in another 15 years they'll make the same announcement.
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On a personal note, he also seems to dislike/distrust Obama. I.E. he's racist. lol what?
Then again, Maybe it's just my advanced statistics courses speaking out.
The effect likely comes not from diffraction as seen on a CD, but from thin film wave interference. The Naked Scientist (link below) has the best, quick description that I could find. Google "Oil Rainbow Effect" to get more information.
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/questions/question/1708/