Science

This 1933 photo made available by the U.S. Geological Survey shows the ruins of St. Anthony's Church in Long Beach, Calif., after an earthquake struck on March 10, 1933. T.J. Maher/AP hide caption

The Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft as it lands with NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on Sunday. Bill Ingalls/NASA hide caption

Flour and water on the left; just starter on the right. Courtesy of Lea Shell/Sourdough Project hide caption

Boats sit on the beach at Bahia Almirantazgo in Antarctica. An agreement was reached on Friday to create the world's largest marine protected area in the ocean next to the frozen continent. Natacha Pisarenko/AP hide caption

Children's photos that parents have posted online have ended up in advertisements and on pornography sites. Cultura RF/Getty Images hide caption

Researchers say the common swift is known for long periods of flight. Stefan Berndtsson hide caption

A lynx leaves his cage during a release into the wild, in July in Kaiserlautern, western Germany. Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Placebos are commonly thought of as fake treatments that people think are real. But they may be helpful even if you know they're fake. Tim Robberts/Getty Images hide caption

Laura Kemp, a technician at The Land Institute, hand harvests an experimental crop of Kernza in Kansas. Scientists think that this perennial crop could help fight climate change by trapping more carbon in the soil. Courtesy of The Land Institute hide caption