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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.   

Are These Pieces of Metal Engineered to Fit Together 'Perfectly?'

Written by: Alex Kasprak

March 28, 2019

A machining company’s promotional material has gone viral.

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Is this Phallic-Looking Object a Real Plant?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

March 28, 2019

A viral image shows a Nepenthes plant in the early stages of developing its characteristic pit t ...

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Is Home Depot Selling Plants Treated with Bee-Harming Neonicotinoid Pesticides?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

March 26, 2019

The company pledged in 2015 to phase out the class of pesticides over concerns that they harmed ...

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Does a Form of Strep Throat Infect the Face and Nasal Cavity?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

March 20, 2019

Invasive group A streptococcus (iGAS) infections are definitely not new.

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Does This Cookware or Children's Toy Contain Dangerous Levels of Lead?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

March 19, 2019 (Updated: March 22, 2019)

Tamara Rubin, aka #LeadSafeMama, frequently finds high levels of lead in vintage cookware or oth ...

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Are the Obamas Tied to the Celebrity College-Admissions Scandal?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

March 18, 2019

Gordon Ernst was one of the coaches alleged to have accepted bribes from parents to provide entr ...

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Is West Virginia Building a 'Sharia Zone' Housing Project for Syrian Refugees?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

March 14, 2019

A video shot at a public housing project makes numerous, factually challenged claims about Syria ...

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Did Patrick Moore, a Doubter of Anthropogenic Climate Change, Co-Found Greenpeace?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

March 12, 2019

We definitely know that he was an early member of Greenpeace.

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Did the Trump Administration Revoke a Journalist's Award Because of Her Criticism of Trump?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

March 12, 2019

The State Department withdrew an award they had given to Finnish investigative journalist Jessik ...

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Did Joe Biden Once Say He Was Conservative About Most Issues Except Civil Rights?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

March 11, 2019

Biden's remarks appeared in an expansive 1974 'Washingtonian' feature following his election as ...

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Is an Oregon Bill Designed to “Allow Starving Mentally Ill Patients to Death”?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

March 5, 2019

A viral story from 2017 mischaracterized legislation that was signed into law in 2018.

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Hiding in Plain Sight: PAC-Connected Activists Set Up 'Local News' Outlets

Written by: Bethania Palma Alex Kasprak

March 3, 2019

Star News Digital Media, Inc. may look like a media company that produces local news, but a Snop ...

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Dog-Loving Girl with Rare Brain Tumor Receives Tens of Thousands of Dog Pictures in Support

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Feb. 27, 2019

Seven year old Emma Mertens is fighting a rare brain tumor. Her love of dogs led family friends ...

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Did the Trump EPA Invoke 'Emergency' Rules to Allow Use of a Pesticide Harmful to Bees?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Feb. 19, 2019

The environmental agency did use emergency exemptions to permit the application of the pesticide ...

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Did a Man Escape a Murder Charge Because of New York's Reproductive Health Act?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Feb. 15, 2019

Anthony Hobson, who killed his girlfriend and her unborn child, was originally going to be charg ...

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Does Sniffing Rosemary Increase Memory by 75 Percent?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Feb. 11, 2019

Such quantitative sounding claims are great for viral shares and page views but are meaningless ...

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Did President Trump Make These Pro-Life Remarks?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Feb. 5, 2019

A meme rearranged excerpts from President Donald Trump’s pre-taped remarks at the 46th annual Ma ...

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Did Trump's Spiritual Adviser Ask People to Send Her Their January Salaries?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Feb. 1, 2019

Paula White, a member of Trump’s evangelical advisory committee, is a televangelist who preaches ...

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Do People with Blue Eyes Have the Highest Alcohol Tolerance?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Feb. 1, 2019 (Updated: Feb. 5, 2019)

While a relationship between eye color and tolerance to alcohol may exist, the topic is far less ...

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Were President Trump's Border Wall Specs Designed to Benefit a Russian Oligarch?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Jan. 30, 2019

A chain message made a series of questionable assertions about President Trump’s signature borde ...

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