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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June 21, 2019
The fossil was first discovered in 1947 and dubbed a “fossil truck tire” before geologists inspe ...
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June 12, 2019
The administration hasn’t changed the law, only the interpretation of a term in an existing law.
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June 11, 2019
Not only is the quote made up, it runs counter to several public statements Omar has made on the ...
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May 28, 2019
If the banana you are looking at came from a supermarket, it’s almost certain to have been ethyl ...
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May 26, 2019
Facebook has still not responded to any of our requests for comment, however.
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May 23, 2019
A troll’s website from 2015 named “Christians Against Tattoos” produced dubious memes that remai ...
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May 22, 2019
A blog post selling detox solutions does not a peer-reviewed, scientific study make -- but we to ...
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May 17, 2019
The origin of this claim was an interview conducted with then-Senator Biden in 1974.
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May 17, 2019
Claims of a virulent outbreak at the U.S.-Mexico border mix inaccurate assertions from politicia ...
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May 16, 2019
Blurry photographs of faraway objects rarely constitute credible evidence.
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May 16, 2019
Snopes traced at least 24 Facebook pages spreading anti-muslim vitriol and conspiracy theory bac ...
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May 14, 2019 (Updated: June 10, 2019)
A small group of radical evangelical Christians is repurposing Facebook pages and PACs to build ...
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May 8, 2019
In question are statements the former U.S. vice president made following the raid that killed th ...
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May 3, 2019
Cocaine reportedly was but one of many drugs and other compounds found in some British shrimp.
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May 2, 2019
A spoofing scam mimics the appearance of a real phone call from Apple Support — only problem is ...
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April 30, 2019
Some dubious websites have suggested the outbreaks are the result of immigrants who illegally cr ...
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April 22, 2019 (Updated: June 26, 2019)
Before she died in June 2019, the reality TV star was the subject of online rumors.
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April 22, 2019
The claim has its origins in a thinly sourced Twitter thread that provided no verification for t ...
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April 4, 2019
While the gun rights group says they support the main thrust of the Violence Against Women Act, ...
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April 1, 2019
A relatively small amount of cocaine was discovered by the Colombian Navy hidden on a boat belon ...
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