A report from Science shows that academic paper piracy site Sci-Hub is not a niche product catering to cheapskates and isolated mad scientists: It's as popular as it is illegal, and its millions ...

Alexandra Elbakyan, by Apneet Jolly CC BY 2.0 Surprisingly, Sci-Hub is largely the work of a single woman, Alexandra Elbakyan. Elbakyan studied computer science at university in Almaty, Kazakhstan.