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
Jan. 28, 2019 (Updated: Jan. 30, 2019)
President Reagan may have termed the Soviet Union "evil," but Nancy Pelosi?
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Jan. 24, 2019
The move, which did not reflect any actual legislative change, was made without any clear reason.
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Jan. 22, 2019
The requirements for serving as U.S. President were established over 200 years ago and haven't c ...
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Jan. 21, 2019
Covington Catholic’s students have a history of donning black body paint during their “black out ...
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Jan. 21, 2019
A deep dive into some misleading statements contained in a recent “Full Measure” segment produce ...
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Jan. 15, 2019
The origins of this video show a disappearing man are uncertain, but the explanations provided f ...
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Jan. 11, 2019
Despite what you may have read on the internet, several explanations are more likely than aliens.
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Jan. 10, 2019
"The bill number may be a bit tongue-in-cheek,” U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer told a local newspaper ...
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Jan. 8, 2019
This claim, made on the RNC’s “Border Facts” page, muddied several numbers to make a misleading ...
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Jan. 8, 2019
This claim, made on the RNC’s “Border Facts” page, is problematic and largely meaningless in ter ...
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Jan. 7, 2019
Do not put cayenne pepper in an open wound or ingest it to stop bleeding. That’s not how it works.
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Jan. 7, 2019
It should not be surprising that inaccurate results can be obtained when breathalyzers are used ...
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Jan. 4, 2019
The question arose in light of proposal by freshman U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ...
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Jan. 2, 2019
Supercooled water, which remains liquid below its freezing point, can be tricky to create but is ...
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Jan. 2, 2019
Uruguay is known for producing some of the world’s most impressive such formations.
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Dec. 21, 2018
An “ingredients label” for a banana was created by a high school chemistry teacher as part of a ...
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Dec. 20, 2018
A December 2018 incident was not the first time Russian Tu-160s had been spotted in Venezuela.
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Dec. 19, 2018
“Solar panels are not renewable, the light they absorb is lost forever,” he wrote, adding “like ...
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Dec. 18, 2018
“It is our policy to remove anti-vaccination advice and other health misinformation from our pla ...
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Dec. 17, 2018
The FBI issues a "Most Wanted Fugitives" list, but the DOJ has no equivalent for supposedly "Dan ...
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