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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Sept. 10, 2024
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill was detained by the police on the way to his team's NFL ...
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Sept. 9, 2024
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance and a constellation of right-wing influencers el ...
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Sept. 9, 2024
"The whole earth will be converted into a huge brain," the iconoclastic thinker supposedly said ...
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Sept. 6, 2024
The numbers came from a government agency, but they did not mean what memes claimed they meant.
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Sept. 3, 2024 (Updated: Sept. 4, 2024)
The baseless story came from an alleged San Francisco media outlet whose website was registered ...
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Sept. 3, 2024
A viral photo is new, but the claim is old. It's connected to a former producer for "The Jerry S ...
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Sept. 3, 2024
The image was the result of an escalation of meme-based aggression on the social media platform X.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 30, 2024 (Updated: Sept. 5, 2024)
Merely repeating a talking point ad nauseum does not make that talking point become true.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 28, 2024
Is this really a "unique document" pulled from Soviet archives?
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Aug. 27, 2024
"Take note of the following birth dates," Laura Loomer posted.
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Aug. 26, 2024
"Strength Through Joy" was the motto of the Nazi-run German Labor Front.
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Aug. 23, 2024
Walz was asked to supervise a high school Gay-Straight Alliance organization in 1999.
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Aug. 22, 2024
Unless, the alleged quote read, you plug your electric vehicle "into a solar panel or a windmill."
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Aug. 22, 2024
The pictures did not appear to be altered, but their emergence had the hallmarks of a hoax.
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Aug. 13, 2024
The sport made its Olympic debut in Paris 2024.
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Aug. 13, 2024
The moment, which also included players from China, came after the podium ceremony for mixed dou ...
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Aug. 12, 2024
Walz traveled to Afghanistan as a U.S. congressman.
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Aug. 12, 2024
Walz served in the Minnesota National Guard for 24 years before leaving to run for Congress.
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Aug. 6, 2024
The picture has been around since 2019. Is it for real?
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 5, 2024
"I was totally unfazed, just kept eating my popcorn."
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