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. 6, 2021
Protesters "breached" the building on Jan. 6, 2021.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 5, 2021 (Updated: March 19, 2024)
Sensationalized headlines mischaracterize the efforts of Harvard's SCoPEx project.
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Dec. 30, 2020
Well over 300 people share the last name Raffensperger in the United States.
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Dec. 30, 2020
A "copypasta" meme stoked more fears about the COVID-19 vaccine on social media.
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Dec. 29, 2020
Though not all of the post's assertions lack a theoretical basis, their applicability to COVID-1 ...
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Dec. 28, 2020
Contrary to TikTok shenanigans, the boat is neither the RMS Titanic nor the Ottoman frigate Ertu ...
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Dec. 26, 2020
A lawsuit over the incident, which continues to provoke outrage on the internet to this day, was ...
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Dec. 24, 2020
Those dark days when your chicken got cold while you played video games will soon be a distant m ...
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Dec. 24, 2020
The book, published in September 2020, is the veteran journalist's second book about Trump's pre ...
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Dec. 23, 2020
Members of Congress make $174,000 per year.
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Dec. 21, 2020
In most states, the law provides for a broad interpretation of "residency" when it comes to elec ...
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Dec. 21, 2020
Most of the president's disclosed investment wealth is in the form of mutual funds that make up ...
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Dec. 18, 2020
Tweets claiming to be authored by a pharmacist assert that a decline in Tamiflu sales proves COV ...
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Dec. 18, 2020
A Proud Boy wearing a shirt with the initialism "6MWE" combined with a fascist symbol was seen i ...
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Dec. 17, 2020
If it were, where would we be able to obtain it?
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Dec. 17, 2020
The election services company is one of several businesses that contain the word "Dominion."
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Dec. 17, 2020 (Updated: Dec. 18, 2020)
A post authored by a doctor that promotes the dubious "ozone therapy" falsely argues the coronav ...
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Dec. 11, 2020
The woman, who left the country abruptly in 2015, has been photographed with several high-profil ...
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Dec. 10, 2020
The "Sputnik V" vaccine at issue here differs from the vaccines nearing approval in the United S ...
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Dec. 10, 2020 (Updated: Dec. 12, 2020)
A viral bit of copypasta falsely claiming to have been authored by Robert F. Kennedy Jr makes a ...
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