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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Jan. 9, 2017
If astronomers are correct, this would be the first time such a prediction has come to fruition.
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Jan. 6, 2017
A documentary from 2017 reignited theories about a well-documented coal fire’s contribution to t ...
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Jan. 4, 2017
Despite claims to the contrary, the ADA has not issued any guidance on the use of semen as eithe ...
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Jan. 4, 2017
A bit of evidence suggests that compounds in grapes may have antiviral properties, but no scienc ...
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Jan. 4, 2017
“One way to Make America Great Again is to acknowledge the failure of the war on drugs,” the eve ...
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Jan. 3, 2017
Unless ‘hairy spider monkey’ is your name for ‘run-of-the-mill Mars rock’, this report is someth ...
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Dec. 28, 2016
The Wisconsin DNR's web page was scrubbed of all uses of the word "climate" and altered to imply ...
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Dec. 27, 2016
This claim is based on an incomplete reading of an area of research that is still in its infancy.
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Dec. 23, 2016
If such a law existed — which it does not — the scientific rationale would be valid.
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Dec. 22, 2016
Salt lamps cure everything -- if by “everything” you mean a lack of cozy mood lighting.
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Dec. 21, 2016
The misconception that coil mattresses promote cancer came from a 'Scientific American' blog pos ...
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Dec. 21, 2016
Pictures posted by an Algerian photographer showing snow in the hills above the Sahara desert ar ...
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Dec. 20, 2016
Though it has since been deleted, Mick Mulvaney did pose this question in a Facebook post in res ...
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Dec. 19, 2016
Preliminary research has shown that a single compound found in bee venom can destroy HIV, but it ...
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Dec. 16, 2016
He later clarified that he was talking about “well-recorded human history”, not the age of plane ...
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Dec. 15, 2016
This zombie of a viral news story does not accurately reflect either science or the views of the ...
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Dec. 15, 2016
“Being denied an abortion may be more detrimental to women’s psychological well-being than allow ...
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Dec. 14, 2016
A 74-question survey issued to the Department of Energy by the Trump transition team seeks infor ...
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Dec. 14, 2016
This premise is rooted in a cherry-picked reading of science, based on information that has not ...
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Dec. 12, 2016
Although both figures are rough, a recent estimate for the number of trees on Earth exceeds the ...
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