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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April 29, 2021 (Updated: April 30, 2021)
A viral clip of Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner ignored about an hour's worth of relevant co ...
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April 26, 2021
A study published by an anti-vaccine activist in a predatory journal is being presented as a mea ...
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April 25, 2021
"We know some consumers are looking for a higher alcohol option from White Claw," a company spok ...
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April 25, 2021
"We’ll disrupt key economic institutions with a wide range of non-violent tactics," the group sa ...
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April 25, 2021
Judith Love Cohen was a tenacious engineer. This fact check is just a tribute.
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April 25, 2021
One way to smear a plan that is light on details is to make up your own objectionable details to ...
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April 23, 2021
The U.S. Senate passed the bill nearly unanimously on April 22, 2021.
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April 23, 2021
The same faux-medical group that includes a doctor who believes in demon semen is now pushing co ...
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April 22, 2021
The "serial absenteeist" was placed under investigation for fraud, extortion, and abuse of office.
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April 21, 2021
The answer, my friend, is flowing in the vein.
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April 20, 2021 (Updated: Aug. 16, 2021)
Really depends on how you define these words: Stanford, NIH, Study, Conclude, Mask, and Work.
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April 20, 2021
A cousin of Emmett Till and a brother of George Floyd appeared together in an interview with CNN ...
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April 20, 2021 (Updated: May 11, 2021)
The claim is based solely on a dubious report from VAERS, the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting S ...
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April 19, 2021
For a limited time, and in participating states only, it is possible that proof of vaccination a ...
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April 16, 2021
The Hohle Fels phallus is popularly considered to be the oldest known dildo.
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April 16, 2021
A blog post riddled with misinformation is effectively a "Now That's What I Call Music" style an ...
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April 12, 2021
Two false rumors combined do not make a truth.
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April 9, 2021 (Updated: April 13, 2021)
Adverse reactions in four states led to a temporary cessation of the administration of the Johns ...
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April 9, 2021
This line of thinking first appeared in a foreword authored by the prince to an out-of-print 198 ...
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April 8, 2021
A specific disposable mask that contains a coating of graphene was distributed by officials in C ...
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