The Current for May 27, 2019
Today on The Current: Should Canada ban Huawei from supplying technology to build the country's 5G wireless network?; plus, we look at the ethics around bringing climate change into the classroom; and why the U.S. reacted to the 1957 launch of Sputnik with a proposal to nuke the moon.
Today on The Current:
- Canada is under pressure to ban Huawei from supplying technology to build the country's 5G wireless network, a move already undertaken by allies like Germany and Australia. We talk to a panel of experts to discuss the security risks, and the politics.
- Some teachers are bringing climate change into the classroom out of concern that kids aren't learning enough about it. But critics argue the discussion can veer from giving children the facts to brainwashing them into being activists. We hear both sides of the debate.
- When the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik into orbit in 1957, the U.S. reacted with fear and a desire to prove its own worth. The solution? A proposal to detonate nuclear weapons on the moon. Author Vince Houghton tells us all about it.