Pakistan Science News API

Get the live top science headlines from Pakistan 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 Pakistan. 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=pk&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=science" \
  --data-urlencode "country=pk" \
  --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": "pk", "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: "pk",
    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"  => "pk",
    "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=pk&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": 30114,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "5dea00a9c1f97c513a685646fb02ea17",
            "title": "Light-matter hybrids form supersolid quantum state at room temperature",
            "description": "Researchers from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, the Military University of Technology (Poland), IBM Research Zurich and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) have observed a new quantum state of matter known as a supersolid in an exciton-polariton Bose-Einstein condensate. Remarkably, the phenomenon occurs not at temperatures close to absolute zero, but at room temperature. The results have been published in Science Advances.",
            "content": "Researchers from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, the Military University of Technology (Poland), IBM Research Zurich and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) have observed a new quantum state of matter known a... [5085 chars]",
            "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-11-hybrids-supersolid-quantum-state-room.html",
            "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2026/a-new-quantum-state-of.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:20:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6063be7565dcd637bb5d2946ed6c5329",
                "name": "Phys.org",
                "url": "https://phys.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "053cc2ce2a28c12a801f9f00ec9f2b21",
            "title": "NASA smashed into an asteroid. Now Hera is closing in to see what happened",
            "description": "Europe’s Hera spacecraft has captured its first clear view of two asteroids involved in NASA’s historic 2022 experiment to redirect a potentially dangerous space rock. Now approaching the pair, Hera will investigate the mysterious aftermath of the collision and uncover why the asteroid shifted far more than scientists predicted.",
            "content": "The asteroid pair is currently about 197 million kilometers from Earth. Hera obtained the new image on the evening of October 18 using its black-and-white Asteroid Framing Camera, while the spacecraft was approximately 1,280 kilometers from its targe... [4154 chars]",
            "url": "http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/11/261103003154.htm",
            "image": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/images/1920/hera-approaches-dimorphos.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T09:48:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8400452cd3ae520c3deec87e0653d197",
                "name": "Science Daily",
                "url": "http://www.sciencedaily.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d6e1f72d1f40cd7b1b50f5e2483c9607",
            "title": "A single protein that helps drive responses to touch, temperature, pain and itch could offer a new drug target",
            "description": "A light brush, a hot surface and an irritating itch all activate different sensory pathways, yet researchers have determined that, in mice, these otherwise distinct responses share a molecular helper. A team led by Bailong Xiao at Tsinghua University found that removing the protein CRELD1 weakened the animals' reactions to touch, heat, cold, painful pressure and itch. But how can one protein influence so many different sensations?",
            "content": "A light brush, a hot surface and an irritating itch all activate different sensory pathways, yet researchers have determined that, in mice, these otherwise distinct responses share a molecular helper. A team led by Bailong Xiao at Tsinghua University... [3413 chars]",
            "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-protein-responses-temperature-pain-drug.html",
            "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2026/one-protein-helps-mice.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-02T22:20:08Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fc12437cc984742bf9a97820262ab48a",
                "name": "Medical Xpress",
                "url": "https://medicalxpress.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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