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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March 31, 2017
A viral post misrepresents the science behind three additives in the popular peanut butter and c ...
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March 29, 2017
Chairman Lamar Smith dismissed commentary presented during testimony on climate change because i ...
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March 27, 2017 (Updated: Sept. 20, 2018)
Claims that this invasive species presents a 911-level emergency overstate the risk that they po ...
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March 22, 2017
Though still rare, the potential risks are significant enough for the Food and Drug Administrati ...
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March 21, 2017
A sharp blow to the gonads is a painful experience, but could it also be a deadly one?
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March 21, 2017
Claims regarding the presence of formaldehyde in “Naked” products rely on the assumption that ch ...
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March 20, 2017
Science does not support the wild claims of potential health problems caused by this sticky DIY ...
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March 15, 2017
Yes, but it is neither an emergency nor a reason to pressure a partner into sex -- the solution ...
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March 15, 2017
A 15-year-old tragedy has been warped into a scientifically flawed indictment of vaccinations by ...
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March 10, 2017
The computer magnate believes that vaccines can be used to reduce childhood mortality and ultima ...
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March 9, 2017
EPA administrator Pruitt told CNBC that he does not agree that carbon dioxide is "a primary cont ...
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March 8, 2017
This popular myth has its roots in a series of flawed papers published in the late 1980s and ear ...
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March 7, 2017
A single sockeye salmon found in a Canadian lake in 2015 did test positive for trace amounts of ...
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March 6, 2017
Female lions' growing manes is not common, and scientists are unclear on the cause, but the phen ...
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March 6, 2017
“Why should we be deported? This is very, very hard for a family," wrote Friedrich Trump in 1905.
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March 3, 2017
A directive issued by EPA administrator Scott Pruitt withdraws a November 2016 Obama administrat ...
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March 2, 2017
A new paper makes the bold claim that structures in rocks approaching the age of Earth itself co ...
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March 1, 2017
Although this claim appears to be making its way into political talking points regarding recreat ...
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Feb. 27, 2017
“They have already paid a significant deposit to do a moon mission,” the company said in a press ...
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Feb. 27, 2017
Although President Trump cited accurate national debt figures in a tweet, the newsworthiness of ...
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