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: Dan Evon Alex Kasprak
Oct. 14, 2017
The Mississippi River is not "going dry" as it drains into a fault line, despite claims made in ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria Alex Kasprak
Oct. 13, 2017
A deleted Facebook post alleged that a man's energy drink consumption caused a brain hemorrhage ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 12, 2017
Research documenting chemical changes in the Yellowstone magma chamber prior to a past eruption ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 4, 2017
Single data points presented without context do not interfere with the scientific consensus on c ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 2, 2017
The claim, originating from what is effectively a propaganda arm of the Islamic State, lacks cre ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 28, 2017
The conservative website later deleted the video, which allegedly aimed to highlight journalist ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 28, 2017
The New York City Board of Elections has said that their computer system is to blame for a mix-u ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 28, 2017
Some hirsute equines can indeed grow mustaches; in this case, the dapper pictures do not lie.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 27, 2017
An Indian man's prediction is based on his purported psychic abilities and carries no scientific ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 26, 2017
Nearly all reports of fentanyl-laced marijuana use are based on faulty reporting, and no evidenc ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 25, 2017 (Updated: Aug. 24, 2021)
Inaudible sonic weapons are an unlikely cause of the mysterious symptoms suffered by American an ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 21, 2017 (Updated: Sept. 29, 2017)
While the science underpinning the concept is valid, its application remains wholly theoretical ...
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Sept. 19, 2017
A news story highlights the interplay between the immune system and depression, but it provides ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 15, 2017
A Photoshop contest entry has resurfaced on social media, where people claim it is evidence of a ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill Alex Kasprak
Sept. 15, 2017
A conspiracy theory involving radioactive milk and diabetes fails on both historical and scienti ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 14, 2017
A study suggests second-born sons have an increased risk of delinquency and crime.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 11, 2017
The research is real, but it is neither new nor did it substantively affect the debate about the ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 7, 2017
A science experiment on YouTube was co-opted by anti-vaccine activists to make scientifically il ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 6, 2017 (Updated: Sept. 11, 2017)
The Socrates Institute for Therapeutic Immunology is run from the home of a defiant 92-year-old ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 5, 2017
A rumor that scientists would create a new hurricane category for Irma led people to believe tha ...
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