Alex Kasprak
Alex Kasprak is an investigative journalist and science writer whose work has been featured in The Atlantic, Motherboard, New Scientist, and other venues. Prior to joining Snopes, he was a staff science writer at BuzzFeed and a science communicator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He has master's degrees in geological sciences from Brown University and in science writing from Johns Hopkins University. Kasprak has been with Snopes since 2016 and has served as senior writer since 2019.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
July 5, 2023 (Updated: March 21, 2024)
Despite strong assertions to the contrary, the company has denied ever using this ancient symbol ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
July 5, 2023
A quote from a January 1983 speech by the then-chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Comm ...
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July 4, 2023
"Does that make eating a banana 50% cannibalism?"
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June 30, 2023
Developments in our understanding of the sun's convection systems evidently go more viral when p ...
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June 29, 2023
"I just came here to let you know that you'll never be our president," a woman in the audience a ...
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June 28, 2023
Video ostensibly showing a Ukrainian service member driving away in a car marked with a cross on ...
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June 27, 2023
The Ukrainian Constitution does not allow for elections when martial law is imposed.
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June 23, 2023
The so-called "14 Words" is a popular white supremacist slogan.
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June 23, 2023
Claiming that recently deceased individuals are leaders of the World Economic Forum (WEF) is a p ...
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June 22, 2023
GOP investigators and Rudy Giuliani have both claimed to know the identity of a whistleblower wi ...
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June 21, 2023
The book's designer told a reporter in 2011 that the use of the photograph was an honest mistake.
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June 21, 2023
"Tom wants to race," a mockup appeared to say.
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June 19, 2023
Though less publicized than vaccine refusal, refusing vitamin-K supplementation for babies based ...
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June 19, 2023
Such a claim requires an extremely broad definition of the World Economic Forum and a severe mis ...
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June 17, 2023
The experimental subjects, from the Walter E. Fernald State School in Massachusetts, had been de ...
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June 14, 2023
The New York Post reported that the now-First Lady "must have looked good enough to eat."
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June 14, 2023
Despite video evidence, conflicting reports could be found.
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June 13, 2023
"No cellular phones of any kind may be used as a camera or recording device..."
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June 12, 2023
The photo, taken in 1967, allegedly shows both the convicted sex offender and the convicted terr ...
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June 7, 2023
Russia initially claimed that the story was false because the city in question — which has a zoo ...
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