Ireland Science News API

Get the live top science headlines from Ireland with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as JSON.

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This request returns the current top science headlines from Ireland. 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=ie&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=science" \
  --data-urlencode "country=ie" \
  --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": "ie", "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: "ie",
    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);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

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

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($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=ie&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": 95948,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "06cd19cf3bafd1c1220e020b6b53a451",
            "title": "Scientists Find Dinosaur Blood and Cells For First Time in Fossil",
            "description": "An international research team headed by Curtin University says it's the first to find dinosaur blood and cells, discovered in a fossil.",
            "content": "If there’s one thing we’ve all learned about the science of Jurassic Park since the movie’s release it’s this: it doesn’t really work like that. Yeah, seriously. Resurrecting prehistoric creatures is slightly more complicated than adding frog DNA to ... [1339 chars]",
            "url": "https://nerdist.com/article/scientists-find-dinosaur-blood-cells-in-fossil-for-first-time/",
            "image": "https://cdn.nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/03111616/Jurassic-Park.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T19:50:10Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "70a7b9534f5cf9ea5816da58b7d896dd",
                "name": "Nerdist",
                "url": "https://nerdist.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "88efadddf42a2e929b451d04224a49de",
            "title": "Ape Fossil Dating 18 Million Years Back Could Change What Scientists Know About Human Origins",
            "description": "The 18-million-year-old jawbone is challenging a long-held theory about where the distant ancestors of humans and other living apes first evolved",
            "content": "NEED TO KNOW\nScientists have identified a previously unknown ape species from fossils discovered in northern Egypt that date back approximately 17 to 18 million years\nThe discovery marks the first definitive fossil ape found in North Africa from this... [3898 chars]",
            "url": "https://nz.news.yahoo.com/ape-fossil-dating-18-million-161448534.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/e53bfb0f0375bd1c1af05a187c6e571b9fe0f82d5e7faa7c05134aeea3158274/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fpeople_218%2F505c33de4371d6cf531246fb8781e0df.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T16:14:48Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6d863f4ffeccd8fded318a7cf38642cb",
                "name": "Yahoo News New Zealand",
                "url": "https://nz.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9e498fbde78515de785f41da25003d60",
            "title": "A 50-year-old mystery of vanishing frogs reveals a hidden killer",
            "description": "A nearly 50-year-old mystery involving disappearing frogs in Brazil may finally be solved, with scientists uncovering evidence that a deadly fungus swept through the region and devastated vulnerable species. Remarkably, many frog populations have since rebounded, suggesting they developed greater tolerance to the disease that once threatened their survival.",
            "content": "Now, scientists have uncovered compelling evidence pointing to a deadly fungal disease as the likely explanation. The findings, published in Molecular Ecology, come from researchers at the Center for Conservation Genomics at the Smithsonian's Nationa... [8643 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/11/261102202838.htm",
            "image": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/images/1920/clay-robber-frog.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T12:53:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "81a05fd2712964dbdb32b1c6a27646fd",
                "name": "Science Daily",
                "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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