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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.   

International Space Station Orbiting Earth. 3D Illustration

Does the White House Want to Turn the International Space Station into a Commercial Venture?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Feb. 13, 2018

President Donald Trump has proposed entirely privatizing the International Space Station by 2025 ...

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Jeff Sessions

Sessions: Sheriffs Are a 'Critical Part of the Anglo-American Heritage of Law Enforcement'

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Feb. 12, 2018

His comments were reportedly a reference to the legal tradition of common law that the American ...

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Can Scraping Your Tongue with a Spoon Diagnose Health Conditions?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Feb. 9, 2018

A "screening test" highlighted on the 'Today' show and subsequently amended by a series of dubio ...

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Can Common Household Plant Seeds Be Used As a Party Drug?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Feb. 7, 2018

The seeds of a number household plants can cause psychoactive effects, but they are far from a n ...

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Spilled bottle of bills with "Zantac" label.

Does Zantac Cause False Positives for Methamphetamines?

Written by: Kim LaCapria Alex Kasprak

Feb. 7, 2018

Rumors that ranitidine causes false positives for meth in drug screening have circulated for yea ...

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Homeopathic medicine and containers.

Are All Homeopathic Drugs Now Illegal?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Feb. 1, 2018

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a draft guidance document suggesting a new legal int ...

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Tamiflu box.

Can Tamiflu Cause Children to Become Homicidal?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Jan. 30, 2018

Psychiatric problems are possibly associated with the anti-influenza drug Tamiflu, but causation ...

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Will President Trump Display the Names of Campaign Donors During the State of the Union?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Jan. 29, 2018

If you donate to President Donald Trump’s re-election, your name will appear during a campaign-r ...

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Will There Be A 'Super Blue Blood Moon' This Week?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Jan. 29, 2018

NASA has called the astronomical event in late January 2018 a "supermoon trilogy."

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Are Farmers Injecting Fruits and Vegetables with Oxytocin?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Jan. 26, 2018 (Updated: Jan. 29, 2018)

Reports imply Indian farmers are using oxytocin to boost the size of their fruits or vegetables ...

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United States Senate Candidate Favors a Woman's Right to Cook Him Dinner?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Jan. 25, 2018

Decrying a "non-stop feminization campaign against manhood," a GOP Senate candidate said he supp ...

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Young Cow Moves Out, Tours With Herd of Wild Bison

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Jan. 24, 2018

The cow appears to be thriving in its new life as a bovine interloper.

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Paul Ryan

Did the Kochs Contribute $500,000 to Paul Ryan After the GOP Tax Plan Was Passed?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Jan. 23, 2018 (Updated: Jan. 25, 2018)

Charles and Elizabeth Koch gave nearly half a million dollars to the House Speaker's fundraising ...

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Alligator in Louisiana wetlands.

Will Eating Alligator Meat Help Save the Louisiana Wetlands?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Jan. 22, 2018 (Updated: Jan. 24, 2018)

A factually dubious story about wetland degradation published the opinions of an alligator chef ...

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Is Gabapentin the Newest Prescription Drug Killer?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Jan. 17, 2018

Gabapentin’s potential for abuse, especially in combination with opioids, may have been misjudge ...

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"Baby Doc" Duvalier.

Donald Trump Sold an Apartment to a Brutal Haitian Dictator?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Jan. 16, 2018

He sold the Trump Tower apartment to Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier through a Panamanian shell ...

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Blurred hospital room

Less Effective Flu Shots 'Prove' You Shouldn't Get Them at All?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Jan. 15, 2018

Dubious websites are attempting to use a season in which the influenza vaccine is less effective ...

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Emmanuel Mensah's Final Act of Heroism

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Jan. 12, 2018

Emmanuel Mensah was a United States Army soldier and immigrant from Ghana who died saving his ne ...

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Silhouette of woman drinking a bottle of water.

Does 'Raw Water' Provide Probiotic Health Benefits?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Jan. 11, 2018

Not only can the latest health craze put you in danger of contracting dangerous diseases, the pu ...

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Snow-covered sand dunes in the Sahara Desert.

Do These Photographs Show Snowfall in the Sahara Desert?

Written by: Dan MacGuill Alex Kasprak

Jan. 9, 2018

The meteorological phenomenon is rare but not unprecedented.

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