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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May 8, 2018
Arguments made by one sheriff opposed to legalized marijuana are dubious and disputed by police ...
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May 7, 2018
Although puncturing one's skin with a nail that has been in contact with the soil is a risk fact ...
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May 4, 2018
In early May 2018, President Trump announced his intention to nominate the controversial doctor ...
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May 2, 2018
No computer-aided manipulation was used to create this video of an arrow that always points righ ...
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May 2, 2018
A cynical attempt to smear asylum seekers in the 2018 “caravan” of immigrants is actually a 2009 ...
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May 1, 2018
A man’s nightmare fight with an energy company to get them to stop charging his business for a K ...
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April 30, 2018
A California lawsuit alleges high levels of lead in spices manufactured by Spice Supreme’s paren ...
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April 30, 2018
While the vast majority of cells would be replaced every seven to ten years, some cellular outli ...
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April 28, 2018
The Westmoreland News published a photograph of a KKK recruitment flyer, a decision that was cri ...
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April 27, 2018
Venomous rattlesnake bites can be notoriously expensive to treat, thanks mainly to high drug cos ...
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April 25, 2018
The results of a 22-person pilot study have been misrepresented through years of viral reporting ...
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April 24, 2018
Non-aspirin NSAIDs are associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke, but that ri ...
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April 19, 2018
If a post implores you to be the first to wish a sick or sad person happy birthday, it’s likely ...
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April 18, 2018
In 2016, economist Guido Menzio was escorted off a flight because the passenger next to him felt ...
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April 17, 2018 (Updated: April 27, 2018)
Biafra has long claimed that an acrimonious lawsuit over royalties stemmed from his former bandm ...
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April 16, 2018
Mike "Health Ranger" Adams is behind a web site dedicated to attacking David Hogg, who survived ...
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April 13, 2018 (Updated: April 16, 2018)
A controversial paper from 2014 continues to be shared as evidence that fluoride has "officially ...
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April 11, 2018
A December announcement by a WHO committee stated that one specific component of marijuana is sa ...
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April 10, 2018
A viral video claims to document a mysterious and unexplained phenomenon, but in reality it show ...
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April 9, 2018
Representative Ralph Norman drew his firearm during a discussion about gun control in an effort ...
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