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
Dec. 14, 2018
"The editors have become aware of unusual aspects to the ‘Extract fecal DNA’ illustration in fig ...
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Dec. 13, 2018
The move would result in the loss of protections that were established since 2008 for Vietnamese ...
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Dec. 12, 2018
Balamuthia mandrillaris infections are extremely rare and largely preventable, but the few cases ...
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Dec. 11, 2018
A quietly instituted “pause” on the federal procurement of fetal tissue for biomedical research ...
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Dec. 10, 2018
The photograph shows Otto Richter, who escaped to the U.S. from Nazi Germany, only to face depor ...
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Dec. 10, 2018
It is neither unusual nor nefarious for an FBI director to meet with foreign leaders about share ...
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Dec. 8, 2018 (Updated: May 6, 2020)
Judy Mikovits did not discover a deadly virus delivered through vaccines; she was arrested for a ...
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Dec. 7, 2018
The office charged with keeping the federal government’s career employees nonpartisan issued gui ...
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Dec. 6, 2018 (Updated: March 1, 2022)
Whether an economic theory involving McDonald's franchises and war literally holds true largely ...
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Dec. 5, 2018
Churchill opined about many things, but the impact of aging on how much one cares about what oth ...
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Dec. 5, 2018
Elvis’s doctor faced immense criticism over his excessive prescription practices, but it's unlik ...
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Dec. 3, 2018
While there are myriad arguments to be made that the legislation contributed to expansion of for ...
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Dec. 3, 2018
Claims of dangerous pesticides “above the legal limit” in tea products rely on incorrect or misl ...
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Dec. 3, 2018
Enypniastes eximia is a sea cucumber that looks a bit like a “chicken just before you put it in ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 28, 2018
The online world is amazing in satisfying some requests, but often information is propagated lon ...
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Nov. 28, 2018
“No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under ...
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Nov. 28, 2018
The first rule of quotations is that people rarely say much after they have died.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 27, 2018
A tear-gassing shouldn't be the highlight of anyone's day, victim or otherwise.
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Nov. 27, 2018
A young Barack Obama invoked Donald Trump's name as reflective of Americans' optimism, but not q ...
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Nov. 26, 2018 (Updated: Nov. 28, 2018)
Confirmation bias includes cherry-picking information that confirms a particular point of view w ...
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