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
Nov. 19, 2018 (Updated: Nov. 26, 2018)
The one-two combination of wildfire and rain can produce some risks, but toxic rain is not one o ...
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Nov. 16, 2018
Media outlets have taken a voyeuristic look at child poverty in the poorest parts of Indonesia a ...
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Nov. 15, 2018
A conspiracy theory suggests the deliberate burning of populated areas to make way for a high-sp ...
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Nov. 14, 2018
French officials participated in Veterans Day services at Arlington National Cemetery on the cen ...
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Nov. 13, 2018
Cruz, who has confessed to the shooting but has yet to be convicted, has a constitutional right ...
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Nov. 13, 2018 (Updated: Sept. 24, 2019)
The theory that a 5G network test caused the unexplained death of birds in The Hague relies on s ...
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Nov. 10, 2018
Eastwood made something approximating this remark in 2012, following his appearance in support o ...
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Nov. 9, 2018 (Updated: Nov. 12, 2018)
This figure may be accurate if limited to people Trump has supported via his Twitter account, bu ...
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Nov. 8, 2018 (Updated: Nov. 12, 2018)
It probably took less time to debunk this meme than it did to create it.
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Nov. 7, 2018
ʻOumuamua, the first interstellar object to be detected passing through our solar system, does n ...
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Nov. 7, 2018
Biden spoke in March 2014 in the context of initiatives aimed at extending President Obama’s Def ...
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Nov. 6, 2018
The mail bombing suspect had never been a registered Democrat, and his van had been home to pro- ...
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Nov. 5, 2018
Anti-immigration memes make sweeping speculations about epidemiology that are not supported by r ...
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Nov. 3, 2018 (Updated: Nov. 13, 2018)
A felon can regain the right to vote via a pardon, but most felons regain that right upon comple ...
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Nov. 2, 2018
An ad promoted by the North Dakota Democratic Party made a dubious claim about voters' losing ou ...
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Nov. 1, 2018
Viral reports mischaracterized the intent of an updated USGS volcanic threat assessment while al ...
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Oct. 31, 2018
Some studies show an association between increased consumption of artificially sweetened beverag ...
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Oct. 30, 2018
A plot to accuse Special Counsel Robert Mueller of sexual assault has fallen apart in a truly re ...
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Oct. 30, 2018
A photograph of a family resting in front of a tent labeled “Cruz Roja Mexicana” has, somehow, b ...
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Oct. 29, 2018
Cesar Sayoc, Jr., the alleged anti-Democrat mail bomber, was a stripper at various points in his ...
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