An app-polling delay: Iowas caucus chaos

Published: Feb. 4, 2020, 11:15 a.m.

Technical glitches and \u201cinconsistencies\u201d threw America\u2019s first Democratic caucuses into disarray. That will have political consequences, irrespective of the eventual winner. So-called bio-bots\u2014tiny machines made from the stem cells of a frog\u2014blur the line between the biological and the mechanical. And the children competing in Thailand\u2019s elbows-and-all Muay Thai boxing. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/radiooffer


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