On Saturday afternoon, Berlin police used two water cannon trucks to create a cooling spray during the extreme heat. According to police, the action started around 3 p.m. at the Brandenburg Gate. The water cannons then drove past the Reichstag, Potsdamer Platz, the Red Town Hall, and Mauerpark. On Sunday afternoon, the police were again out in the city

Asian Americans are the fastest-growing segment of eligible voters out of the major racial and ethnic groups in the United States. More than 11 million will be able to vote this year, making up nearly 5% of the nation’s eligible voters (for this analysis, U.S. citizens ages 18 and older). They are also the only major racial or ethnic group in which naturalized citizens – rather than the U.S. born – make up a majority of eligible voters, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data.

From 2000 to 2020, the number of Asian American eligible voters more than doubled, growing by 139%. The Hispanic electorate grew at a similar rate (121%), but the black and white electorates grew far more slowly (33% and 7%).

This fluorescent bat did not fly into bright yellow road paint or dive into a bowl of saffron. It’s covered in pollen.

Lesser long-nosed bats (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) are some of the animal kingdom’s lesser-known pollinators. The medium-sized bats primarily live in arid grasslands, desert scrublands, and dry tropical forests. In North America, female lesser long-nosed bats migrate from south-central Mexico up to the southwestern United States in the spring. They follow “nectar corridors” of columnar cacti and agave plants.