RAINBOW CARROT WHEEL   Photogrpah by STEPHEN AUSMUS   Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have selectively bred carrots with pigments that reflect almost all colors of the rainbow. More importantly, though, they’re very good for your health   via Wikimedia Commons      

  Every Sunday the Sifter will highlight an article from the archives. In this installment, we check out the cheeky street art of Mobstr, hailing from Newcastle in the United Kingdom. Mobstr also shares his thoughts on public space and outdoor advertising.   Click the image or link below to read the article:     [...]

  URBAN HEADACHE   Artwork by JR   JR does incredible work around the world. All of his pieces are huge, awesome and provocative. Check his site for more incredible work! http://jr-art.net/ The Sifter also featured JR’s work in a previous post: 2011 TED Prize Winner: Street Artist ‘JR’ [40 pics]   via Street Art [...]

William Stanley Moore – Photograph by The Sydney Justice & Police Museum     The Sifter recently stumbled upon an incredible collection of vintage mugshots housed by the Historic Houses Trust. Many of these intriguing photographs are also accompanied by a description of the person and the crime(s) they have committed. For example, the image [...]

  THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN 1909   Photograph by Irving Underhill   Awesome photograph of the Manhattan Bridge on March 23rd, 1909, with the Marine terminal in the foreground and the bridge under construction in the background. For the extra-large resolution of the photograph, click here   via Wikimedia Commons    

  A PORTRAIT OF A PROFILE   Photograph by MikeNasty   And now my brain hurts…   via MikeNasty on Reddit