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This Week In Science: Ocean 'Backrooms', The Safest Country, and Plastic Cookies

ScienceAlert · Published on August 28, 2026

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This Week in Science: August 22 – 28 Oceanographers stumbled into the deep-sea 'Backrooms', the safest region from a global catastrophe, and apparently-edible cookies made from plastic. Read more: https://buff.ly/z0GGAYL #science #sciencenews #sciencealert #thisweekinscience #TWIS #backrooms #cookies

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