To navigate risk in a pandemic, you need a color-coded chart

PLUS: Covid vaccine side effects, USB audio interfaces, and Animal Crossing tips. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 07.21.20   DERAILED Covid Is Pushing Some Mass Transit Systems to the Brink BY AARIAN MARSHALL Riders are skittish. Cleaning costs are soaring. Some, like the Bay Area's Caltrain system, face an existential crisis.   ECO LOGIC Apple Sets Climate Goals for 2030, Joins Amazon and Microsoft BY LAUREN GOODE If anything, these new initiatives show that earlier efforts just weren't enough.   IDEAS Covid-19 Vaccines With 'Minor Side Effects' Could Still Be Pretty Bad BY HILDA BASTIAN The risk of nasty side effects in the Moderna and Oxford trials should be made clear now, before it ends up as fodder for the skeptics.   PUBLIC HEALTH To Navigate Risk In a Pandemic, You Need a Color-Coded Chart BY MARYN MCKENNA Is going to the dentist more dangerous than grocery shopping? Public health groups want to help us weigh everyday risks with easy-to-read guides.   BUYING GUIDE Hit Record: We Test 4 Audio Interfaces for Your Home Studio BY MARK MCCLUSKY These PC accessories allow you to plug microphones and instruments into your computer. They're the nerve center of any studio—from your bedroom to Abbey Road.   SAVED BY THE BELLS 28 Animal Crossing Tips to Up Your Island Game BY LOURYN STRAMPE From growing hybrid flowers to catching pesky wasps, these tricks will turn you into a pro.   INFORMATION ECOLOGY It's Time to Defund Social Media BY WHITNEY PHILLIPS The algorithmically warped information crisis can't be fixed with half-measures.   RED ROVER How NASA Built a Self-Driving Car for Its Next Mars Mission BY DANIEL OBERHAUS It's hard enough to get an autonomous vehicle to work on Earth. It's even harder on another planet.   MOVIES A Summer Without Blockbusters BY ANGELA WATERCUTTER This year, there are no great movies uniting film fanatics. Maybe that's not such a bad thing.     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions