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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Sept. 30, 2021
Social media posts claim the Scandinavian nation stated it was “no more dangerous than the flu.”
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Sept. 27, 2021
Tilicho Lake, or Tilicho Tal, is nestled in the Himalayan mountains of Nepal.
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Sept. 24, 2021 (Updated: Sept. 27, 2021)
A NSFW video appeared to show two gorillas “going down” on each other.
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Sept. 23, 2021
The entrepreneur attempted the fastest 20-meter “walking on hands” at his former high school gym.
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Sept. 23, 2021
The corkscrew shaped "micromotor" is said to help propel immotile sperm.
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Sept. 22, 2021
Such claims have been circulating on the internet since at least 2018.
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Sept. 22, 2021
And you can even watch it.
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Sept. 21, 2021
An encroaching California wildfire had raged to nearly 24,000 acres.
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Sept. 21, 2021 (Updated: Jan. 26, 2024)
Commonly called AZT, azidothymidine was originally produced to treat cancer two decades prior to ...
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Sept. 18, 2021
The photograph was said to have been taken in Michigan.
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Sept. 18, 2021
The procedure likely saved the 24-year-old primate’s life.
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Sept. 17, 2021
Condragulations. Shantay, you stay.
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Sept. 13, 2021
The “revolutionary” large-scale trial is a world first.
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Sept. 10, 2021
Other historical documents reportedly included the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights.
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Sept. 10, 2021
The inventor clearly had a lot of faith in the future of the U.S.
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Sept. 9, 2021
Not all dog owners recognize potentially dangerous Xylitol when it is listed under other names.
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Sept. 9, 2021
The wife of Dr. Anthony Fauci is also the chief of bioethics at the National Institutes of Health.
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Sept. 8, 2021
The ancient sea-dweller used a pair of spiny claws like "multiple stacked rakes" to capture prey.
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Sept. 8, 2021 (Updated: Sept. 10, 2021)
One study purportedly found that 85% of men who were given the anti-parasitic were sterile follo ...
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Aug. 28, 2021
In an exclusive interview with Snopes, the 31-year-old said he was charged by the bear while wor ...
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