This Scientific American Science Quickly podcast episode provides a brief overview of recent science news. It covers President Trump's attempted withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), highlighting the WHO's role in global health and the potential consequences of US withdrawal. The episode also discusses an exoplanet with supersonic winds, a bird flu outbreak impacting pets, and new research on the benefits of prehabilitation before surgery and the surprising contagiousness of urination in chimpanzees. Listeners gain insights into current scientific developments and their potential implications for public health and animal behavior. The discovery of WASP-127b, an exoplanet with equatorial winds reaching 20,100 mph, serves as a striking example of the episode's focus on recent scientific findings.
