China Science News API

Get the live top science headlines from China with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Stories are selected by Google News rankings and returned as clean JSON.

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This request returns the current top science headlines from China. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=science&country=cn&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=science" \
  --data-urlencode "country=cn" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "science", "country": "cn", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "science",
    country: "cn",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$query = http_build_query([
    "category" => "science",
    "country"  => "cn",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $query);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=science&country=cn&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 16940,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a56af056c6727b6d7401b67a4fdec40a",
            "title": "连续4年空缺的国家自然科学一等奖，被他们拿下了！-新闻-科学网",
            "description": "科学网-连续4年空缺的国家自然科学一等奖，被他们拿下了！",
            "content": "连续4年空缺的国家自然科学一等奖，被他们拿下了！\n编者按\n2026年，国家自然科学奖迎来70周年。从1956年以中国科学院科学奖金为名首次颁发，到1982年正式更名为国家自然科学奖，作为五大国家科学技术奖之一，它代表着我国自然科学领域的最高荣誉。\n时值庆祝中国共产党建党105周年之际，中国科学院档案馆联合中国科学报社、中国科学院相关获奖院属单位，推出《七秩荣光——档案里的国家自然科学奖》专栏，以档案为凭，回溯以中国科学院为第一完成单位的国家自然科学奖一等奖项目，彰显科学价值，重现时代回响，致敬为... [5184 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2026/10/572869.shtm",
            "image": "https://news.sciencenet.cn/images/logo100.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T05:48:22Z",
            "lang": "zh",
            "source": {
                "id": "8205ccb085d62fb45e14e6cfd446f388",
                "name": "科学网—新闻",
                "url": "https://news.sciencenet.cn"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "93e7962304afee3a2f2637e2decd4b6c",
            "title": "比地球更适宜居住的星球？确实存在",
            "description": "科学家认为，在太阳系之外，还存在生命更加丰富且可持续的行星，它们被称为“超级宜居世界”。科学家还指出，这些星球应被考虑用于未来对外星生命迹象的后续观测。",
            "content": "几年前，在柏林一间实验室里，天体生物学家伊娃·维洛维奇观察到花园水芹在模拟“K型矮星”光照的条件下发芽，兴奋不已。K型矮星是一种橙色调恒星，比我们的黄色太阳温度更低、燃烧更慢。令她意外的是，水芹的生长速度甚至比在模拟太阳光照下更快，植株也更高。\n她的结果表明，光合作用——为地球整个食物网提供能量的过程——可以在围绕这些橙色恒星运行的行星上发生。“K型矮星光是一种非常非常有趣的光源，在我看来，任何类型的外星生命搜索中都应该考虑——甚至优先考虑——这个因素，”现就职于德国波茨坦的莱布尼茨天体物理研究... [1344 chars]",
            "url": "https://cn.nytimes.com/science/20261014/inhabitable-planets-solar-system/",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/10/13/multimedia/14int-theworld-super-earths/14int-theworld-super-earths-articleLarge.gif",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T03:24:44Z",
            "lang": "zh",
            "source": {
                "id": "9845ba8ad62e421b65009850185744e4",
                "name": "纽约时报中文网",
                "url": "https://cn.nytimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8eb6314b2c633420b1d76bc9be2c229b",
            "title": "超强厄尔尼诺来了！今年冬天会更冷还是更暖？",
            "description": "赤道中东太平洋已于 2026 年 5 月进入厄尔尼诺状态，夏季以来增暖迅速，8 月监测区海温指数达到 2.59℃，为有监测以来历史同期最高值；",
            "content": "10 月 9 日，据新华社消息，国家气候中心 10 月 9 日通报，2026 年 9 月已正式形成一次超强厄尔尼诺事件，海温暖中心位于赤道东太平洋。预计未来三个月，赤道中东太平洋海表温度还将继续升高，并在秋末冬初达到峰值。\n“厄尔尼诺来了，今年会是暖冬吗？是不是意味着冬天不会太冷？”这是大家很关心的问题，为此，我们邀请到了国家气候中心专家，推出系列解读，围绕冬季冷暖、全球大气环流、极端天气和降水分布等公众关心的问题，解读厄尔尼诺及其影响。\n暖冬，等于冬天就不冷了？\n首先要明确一个概念，一个冬天总... [1513 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.ifeng.com/c/8xDbchPzCg7",
            "image": "https://x0.ifengimg.com/ucms/2026_42/6E389A92BCF705B1C492250CC05E650B943BDFD8_size48_w699_h394.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T03:12:59Z",
            "lang": "zh",
            "source": {
                "id": "66fd0837e250c9d30a58a8fd32e63535",
                "name": "凤凰网",
                "url": "https://news.ifeng.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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