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Jenny McGrath

(She/Her)
Seattle
As seen in: MSN, MSN Österreich, Yahoo Entertainment, Yahoo Life, Business Insider, Business Insider Africa, Business Insider Nordic, Fox News, MSN Deutschland, MSN India and
Covers:  technology, environment, climate change, art, museums, libraries, history, science, archaeology, paleontology, energy
Just a happy-go-lucky scamp. I write about tech and such.

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Freelance science and tech reporter with over a decade of experience writing about archaeology, paleontology, the history of science, smart-home tech, and more.

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A century ago, the government hired unemployed young men to build America's forests, trails, and ...

A century ago, the government hired unemployed young men to build America's forests, trails, and ...

During the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt created a tree army. Civilians planted trees, built dams, and…

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Vintage photos show how dangerous railways, mills, and other workplaces used to be

Vintage photos show how dangerous railways, mills, and other workplaces used to be

Working in railways, mines, and mills caused thousands of deaths in the early 20th century and before. Photos…

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Researchers found a treasure trove of fossils in a Bahamian blue hole that could transform our un...

Researchers found a treasure trove of fossils in a Bahamian blue hole that could transform our un...

Great Abaco Island has a blue hole, Sawmill Sink, filled with fossils from the Ice Age showing the island's a…

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A mummified 44,000-year-old wolf is so perfectly preserved its stomach could contain remnants of ...

A mummified 44,000-year-old wolf is so perfectly preserved its stomach could contain remnants of ...

Locals found this first-of-a-kind Pleistocene wolf in Siberia. It's so mummified that scientists hope to find…

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A 13-year-old found a 5-million-year-old fossil, and now there's a new species of walrus named in...

A 13-year-old found a 5-million-year-old fossil, and now there's a new species of walrus named in...

A 13-year-old saw a skull protruding from a boulder. The fossil belonged to an ancient toothless walrus that'…

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NEON is a $460-Million Ecological Observatory for the U.S. | Digital Trends

NEON is a $460-Million Ecological Observatory for the U.S. | Digital Trends

In November 2018, The New York Times Magazine published an article called Insect Apocalypse. It was largely b…

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Photos of the first supermarkets show how grocery shopping has transformed over the last century

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By Jenny McGrath
| Yahoo Life Verified
Grocery shopping has changed dramatically over the last century. • Supermarkets first started emerging in the 1920s, forever altering how people shop for food. • Photos show the shift from small stores to supermarkets in the US.
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18 of the most expensive buildings ever built

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By Jenny McGrath, Kristine Villarroel
| Yahoo Life Verified
Dozens of buildings across the world have crossed the billion-dollar price tag. • Some of the world's most expensive are casinos and office skyscrapers, but also hospitals or homes. • Total costs often reflect not just the construction costs but also real-estate values and amenities. The logistics of constructing a building can make the price tag as high as the towering tip of a skyscraper, but figuring out how much it costs to build a tower or casino isn't always a straightforward calculation.
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18 of the most expensive buildings ever built

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By Jenny McGrath, Kristine Villarroel
| On The Mic with Yahoo Singapore
Dozens of buildings across the world have crossed the billion-dollar price tag. Some of the world's most expensive are casinos and office skyscrapers, but also hospitals or homes. Total costs often reflect not just the construction costs but also real-estate values and amenities. The logistics of constructing a building can make the price tag as high as the towering tip of a skyscraper, but figuring out how much it costs to build a tower or casino isn't always a straightforward calculation.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, and I've also pretended corn on the cob is a typewriter.

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Cred answer: Hildy Johnson. Real answer: Bryan Denton

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