Madison Dapcevich
Madison Dapcevich joined the Snopes newsroom as a freelance contributor in August 2023. Between July 2020 and July 2022, she was a full-time writer for Snopes. Before debunking digital rumors, Dapcevich spent several years working on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., reporting on agricultural and environmental issues throughout the Rocky Mountains, and covering breaking science news in the tech sector of San Francisco. Dapcevich's reporting has been featured in several publications, including those published during her staff positions at EcoWatch and IFLScience. She holds a master's degree in environmental science and natural resource journalism from the University of Montana, as well as a graduate certificate in natural resource conflict resolution. Dapcevich attended Cal Poly Humboldt and received undergraduate degrees in journalism and political science. When not plucking away on a computer keyboard, Dapcevich serves as a communications lead aboard the Exploration Vessel Nautilus assisting in deep-sea exploration and research. In her free time, she can be found whitewater kayaking and can traversing through the Montana backcountry with her two dogs, Ruka and Cholla.
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March 20, 2025
It’s unknown who these people were in life, but their corpses were presented as saints in death.
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March 19, 2025
It’s not clear whether the orca is a true albino or its white coloring was caused by another med ...
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March 18, 2025
It’s not fully understood why the birds swarm in such large groups at dusk.
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March 16, 2025
The terms date back to the 18th-century printing trade.
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March 16, 2025
The natural geological feature was formed by volcanic activity and erosion.
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March 12, 2025
There are more than 50,000 known spider species worldwide.
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March 10, 2025
A frame-by-frame analysis of the clip showed signs it was created using artificial intelligence.
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March 8, 2025
The patch of waste was said to have grown to “twice the size of Texas.”
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Feb. 27, 2025
The jellyfish's big yellow eyes and mouth abruptly disappeared near the end of the video.
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Feb. 26, 2025
After listing the estimated prices, the ad said, "You'll eat in. You won't drive. And you won't ...
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Feb. 25, 2025
Arizona’s 10-inch bullfrog polliwog was discovered in 2018.
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Feb. 25, 2025
We tested the theory by driving a Model 3 through a cemetery.
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Feb. 24, 2025
Research also shows that pathogens persist in the bowl even after flushing.
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Feb. 22, 2025
NASA published thousands of photographs of Saturn taken by the now-defunct satellite.
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Feb. 18, 2025
The graphic has circulated for years as purported proof of the streaming service's original bran ...
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Feb. 17, 2025
A man in his 40s experienced "asymptomatic yellowish nodules on his palms, soles, and elbows" fo ...
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Feb. 10, 2025 (Updated: Feb. 24, 2025)
The deadly deep-sea brine pool is said to kill anything that enters its waters.
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Feb. 8, 2025
Though several people with the Imafidon last name have impressive backgrounds.
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Feb. 7, 2025
"The pursuit of the unicorn is a lonely quest," a university's regulations say.
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Feb. 2, 2025
"They say in thirty years a burger & fries could cost $16,” the advertisement read.
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