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Now I Get It!
Scientific articles, explained.
Upload a scientific PDF and get back a shareable, interactive web page that explains it in plain language.
Translate a paper → Read a featured one ↗
Before · PDF
15 pages of two-column jargon
translate →
After · Now I Get It!
Same paper. You actually get it.
2,500,000+
scientific papers published every year — all of them written for other scientists.
~ 40%
of research funded with public money — paid for by the same taxpayers who can't read the results.
Why this exists
Scientific breakthroughs happen every day. Very few people can understand them.
Scientific papers are written for other scientists. This leaves out everyone else: the curious, the students, the journalists, the kids, the experts in adjacent fields, the taxpayers who paid for the research.
The result is a widening cultural divide around science — at exactly the moment we need the opposite. Now I Get It! exists to close it, one paper at a time.
Three modes
Same paper. Translated for different audiences.
Pick the lens before you translate. Or run it more than once — every translation is a separate page in your gallery.
Native For a technical audience
Same structure and terminology as the paper, just reinterpreted for web. Use when you want a page that complements the original paper.
Non-technical For an intelligent audience
Jargon replaced. Context added. Concepts explained in plain language. The default for curious readers without the field background. Cross-disciplinary reading made fast.
Kid-friendly For curious little ones
The paper as a story. Narrative voice, illustrations, fun designs. Great for kids of all ages. Parents and teachers love this one.
Public Gallery
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Featured Collections
Hand-picked papers, completely re-imagined.
Come see some of our favorites.
Uses for Now I Get It!
Everyone is curious about science.
People use Now I Get It! in many fascinating ways.
Personal interest
You saw a paper on Twitter. You want to actually understand it.
Cross-field reading
Rapid orientation in an unfamiliar field. Skim three papers in the time it took to skim one.
Kids
Introduce a child to amazing science in language they can actually follow.
Companion pages
Professors and labs publishing readable web versions of their own papers.
Due diligence
VCs and analysts getting through a stack of technical papers without a PhD in every field.
Internal explainers
Engineers translating dense architecture papers to share with teammates.
Translation between languages
Convert an English paper into a Spanish web page — or any other language pair.
How it works
Three steps. Yours forever.
01
Upload your PDF
Drop any scientific paper — arXiv, bioRxiv, a journal PDF, your lab's preprint, a doctoral thesis. We handle papers up to about 20 MB.
02
We translate it
Pick a reading mode — Native, Non-technical, or Kid-friendly. You have the option of choosing a theme and can even add custom instructions.
03
Read. Edit. Share.
Your translation lands in your private gallery. From there you can view it, share it, add tags, and even make edits to text and fomulas.
Your gallery
Private by default. Public by choice.
Every translation you create lands in your personal gallery, visible only to you. Share when you want — not before.
Private by default
Every translation lands in your personal gallery, visible only to you.
Share via link
Flip a toggle to make any translation reachable by URL. Nothing else changes.
Publish
Flip another toggle to feature it in the Public Gallery for everyone.
Organize with tags
Stack tags by field, by mode, by audience, by project. Filter with OR / AND.
Editable Results
Text and formulas are editable inline on any translation you own.
Purchase Credits
Pay only when you translate.
Most papers can be translated with one credit. Credits never expire. No subscription required!
Single
1credit
$3.00
$3.00/credit
Starter
5credits
$12.50
$2.50/credit
Save 17%
Popular 
Explorer
15credits
$35.00
$2.33/credit
Save 22%
Scholar
50credits
$105.00
$2.10/credit
Save 30%
All purchases are final. Credits are non-refundable, non-transferable, and do not expire.
Common questions
Stuff people ask.
What does it cost?
A single credit costs $3. Save money by purchasing credit packs. No subscription required! You can process as many or as few papers as you like.
Can I restrict who sees the result?
Yes — all translations are private by default. They sit in your personal gallery. From there you can make a page shareable via link or fully public (it will appear in the Public Gallery). Note: we take copyright seriously. Don't share translations from copyrighted works you don't own the rights to.
Can I edit the output?
Yes. Text and formulas (KaTeX-rendered) are editable on any translation you own. Charts and diagrams are drawn by code at load time — to change one, re-process the PDF. You can also add custom instructions before translating.
What kinds of papers work?
We've translated thousands of papers. Some up to several hundred pages long and many in languages other than English. When you upload a paper, we calculate the number of credits required to translate it and ask for your approval before we start.
Where can I find scientific papers?
Great question! You can find scientific papers on the web in many places. Our favorites are open access platforms like arXiv and bioRxiv. You can also find papers in journals like PLOS and APS.