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.
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Jan. 16, 2023
"Unfollow anyone spreading this garbage," says the source of this claim.
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Jan. 13, 2023
The International Health Regulations Review Committee held a meeting in mid-January 2023. Among ...
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Jan. 12, 2023
Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have improperly retained classified i ...
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Jan. 11, 2023
At issue is the U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan-chaired "Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Fe ...
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Jan. 11, 2023
He wouldn't be the first.
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Jan. 9, 2023
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Jan. 7, 2023
"Popping" has nothing to do with it.
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Jan. 5, 2023
Claims about COVID-19 death and vaccination rates in Africa were out of date and ignored signifi ...
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Jan. 4, 2023
The 2023 election of the U.S. Speaker of the House has been historically indecisive.
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Jan. 4, 2023 (Updated: Jan. 5, 2023)
U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy's multiple attempts to secure the House's top leadership position in ea ...
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Jan. 4, 2023
This strain of misinformation was bolstered by an incorrectly placed quotation mark in a Tucker ...
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Jan. 3, 2023
The legendary footballer's death brought both remembrances and rumors.
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Jan. 1, 2023
"Before you scold me, Mom …"
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Dec. 25, 2022
"We shall certainly be 'rung up' at the most awkward moments in our daily lives!" a caption reads.
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Dec. 23, 2022
The word has been in circulation since 1894.
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Dec. 23, 2022
The bald eagle "is a bird of bad moral character," the Founding Father once wrote.
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Dec. 23, 2022
The number 46 does not, in fact, have anything to do with Nazism.
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Dec. 21, 2022
The truthfulness of Musk's claim that he received a bachelor's degree in physics from the Univer ...
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Dec. 20, 2022
An anti-vaccine article is a case study in specious arguments.
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Dec. 17, 2022
And are we really talking about a constant rain of atmospheric feces?
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