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
Aug. 13, 2019
Several groups of organisms that produce algal blooms also produce potentially deadly toxins.
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Aug. 12, 2019
The claim comes from someone whose stated expertise on the topic is that in 1992 he repeatedly v ...
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Aug. 9, 2019
The infant’s parents died shielding the baby from the gunman’s bullets.
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Aug. 9, 2019
A “friend of a friend” does not a compelling source make.
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Aug. 7, 2019
Just because a statistic gets cited a lot in memes doesn’t make it correct.
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Aug. 6, 2019
The "Fox and Friends" host was defending President Donald Trump’s rhetoric against claims of racism.
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Aug. 5, 2019
The photos were taken at “Kentucky's biggest political picnic.”
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Aug. 5, 2019
The accused Dayton gunman promoted several progressive causes and candidates.
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Aug. 2, 2019
A coalition of Native American tribes, groups, and individuals fought for the Yellowstone grizzl ...
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Aug. 1, 2019
The charges stem from an incident in which another ex-staffer hacked into Hassan’s computers and ...
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July 26, 2019
Comments made by U.S. Sen. Rand Paul in a TV interview became weaponized on social media.
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July 24, 2019
This invented claim had its origins in a website that imagines itself to be a purveyor of satire ...
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July 19, 2019
A curious amendment to the 2020 Defense Authorization Act demands answers on the question of U.S ...
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July 16, 2019
Both women have alleged in interviews that the president compared them to Ivanka Trump.
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July 12, 2019
The Florida congressman’s mug shot is real, but memes that make use of the image provide false i ...
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July 11, 2019
Such a move would have been an impossibly fast reaction by an agency whose rules must go through ...
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July 10, 2019
Former Trump campaign officials in Oklahoma and Kentucky are serving time for crimes that includ ...
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July 9, 2019
Headlines attempted to connect the factual actions of a local Minnesota city council to U.S. Rep ...
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July 8, 2019
The Trump administration is said to be “reviewing” a program that allows officials to grant prot ...
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July 3, 2019
“The United States does not grant asylum in its diplomatic premises abroad.”
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