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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Sept. 1, 2017
Rumors that the Red Cross is charging victims of Hurricane Harvey conflate past controversies wi ...
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Aug. 25, 2017
A professor posted what she claims is an email from the DOE asking her to remove the words “clim ...
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Aug. 24, 2017
Viral images attempting to sell pyramid-shaped features as evidence of an ancient civilization i ...
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Aug. 23, 2017
Kennedy did utter these words prior to Donald Trump’s inauguration, but the omission of context ...
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Aug. 22, 2017
While it's true that Russia is developing the ability to hack GPS systems, experts doubt that GP ...
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Aug. 18, 2017
Early reports characterized a statement regarding white supremacist violence put out by three Ca ...
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Aug. 17, 2017
The term "alt-right" was invented by the movement it describes; the term "alt-left" was invented ...
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Aug. 16, 2017
A controversial January article from Daily Caller, which was picked up by Fox News, has been qui ...
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Aug. 15, 2017
A report by CBS News highlights a nearly 100 percent termination rate in the pregnancies of Icel ...
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Aug. 15, 2017
A web hosting company says they are being compelled to turn over all information about an anti-T ...
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Aug. 10, 2017
The claim comes from a 2013 blog post about preparing for the collapse of civilization, but it i ...
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Aug. 7, 2017
The 16-year-old was likely bitten by an unusually large number of sea fleas -- not sea lice, as ...
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Aug. 3, 2017
NASA has announced a job opening for a planetary protection officer, but viral news reports take ...
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Aug. 2, 2017
This viral story has its origins in a neighborhood paper, but it is based entirely on the vague ...
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Aug. 1, 2017
The reason the web site that originally made this claim cites zero sources is likely due to the ...
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Aug. 1, 2017
Dubious web sites generously provided the Internet with textbook examples of both cherry-picked ...
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July 30, 2017
Although this claim is based on official testimony from a pathologist during an inquiry into a m ...
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July 27, 2017
While a treatment for lung cancer developed in Cuba has entered clinical trials in the United St ...
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July 26, 2017 (Updated: June 29, 2022)
A computer-generated visualization of a kinesin protein has been circulating on the internet for ...
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July 14, 2017
A blog post, even if you like it and it is presented in downloadable PDF form, is not a peer-rev ...
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