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Sci-Hub is a website that provides free access to millions of research papers, bypassing paywalls and copyright issues. Founded by Alexandra Elbakyan in 2011, it has faced legal challenges and domain name changes, but remains popular and controversial.
Alexandra Elbakyan is a Kazakhstani computer programmer and creator of Sci-Hub, a website that provides free access to research papers without regard for copyright. Learn about her life, education, hacking, neuroscience, and Sci-Hub movement.
Library Genesis (LibGen) is a file-sharing site that provides free access to scholarly and general-interest content, such as books, articles, comics, and magazines. It has a history of legal issues with publishers and is blocked by some ISPs, but also has a global user base and a peer-to-peer network.
Shadow libraries are online databases of readily available content that is normally obscured or otherwise not readily accessible, such as academic papers or books. Learn about the motivation, legal status, and resilience technologies of shadow libraries, and see examples of popular ones like Library Genesis and Sci-Hub.
Sci-Hub is part of WikiProject Open Access, a collaborative attempt at improving the coverage of topics related to Open Access and at improving other articles with the help of materials from Open Access sources.
AOL Mail offers secure and personalized email with features like AOL Mail, news, and weather for free. You can also access your email on the go with an iOS & Android app and get help from experts.
The Salian Franks were a subgroup of the early Franks who lived in the Roman Empire in the fourth and fifth centuries. They may have originated from the Chauci or the Frisii, and were pushed south by the Saxons or the Chamavi.
John Gurdon is a pioneer of nuclear transplantation and cloning in frogs and mammals. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2012 for his discovery of reprogramming mature cells to stem cells.