United Kingdom Science News API

Get the live top science headlines from the United Kingdom 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 the United Kingdom. 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=gb&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=science" \
  --data-urlencode "country=gb" \
  --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": "gb", "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: "gb",
    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"  => "gb",
    "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=gb&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": 20232,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c26ce9daba2855b06019a8308b6b3bde",
            "title": "‘The nipple touch of doom’: what is sad nipple syndrome and what causes it?",
            "description": "People everywhere are searching for the reason behind their sudden bursts of anguish or homesickness",
            "content": "Some say it feels like a sudden burst of anguish; others liken it more to homesickness. The sudden onset of a sinking, upsetting feeling due to nipple stimulation is anecdotally known as Sad Nipple Syndrome (SNS), and for Sandra, it can be triggered ... [8309 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2026/nov/03/what-is-sad-nipple-syndrome",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5e236383aa1e4c630635380f65023a3a057078e6/0_0_3000_2400/master/3000.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=40b50b6e87c83977b8f87363e0d2b98b",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T17:02:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "731bfdf6292b21e47050c002a415ccda",
            "title": "The Components For Life May Not Have Arrived By Comet",
            "description": "When it comes to abiogenesis, i.e. the formation of the first biological cells on Earth, there are many theories on how this got kickstarted. One of the more popular theories involves the primordial E...",
            "content": "When it comes to abiogenesis, i.e. the formation of the first biological cells on Earth, there are many theories on how this got kickstarted. One of the more popular theories involves the primordial Earth being seeded with the organic building blocks... [1107 chars]",
            "url": "https://hackaday.com/2026/11/03/the-components-for-life-may-not-have-arrived-by-comet/",
            "image": "https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/cometary_impacts_abiogenesis_anslow_et_al_2026.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T09:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7227cc3b403fb7548db01f172934d4fa",
                "name": "Hackaday",
                "url": "https://hackaday.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b15b4324ad7e2201c09a134a07b3275a",
            "title": "The zeptoverse: what is it and how will it transform physics?",
            "description": "Researchers have detected signals from the smallest distances ever probed.",
            "content": "Scientists have picked up signals from the smallest scale of nature ever explored – 100 billion times smaller than an atom.\nA world so small that some physicists have nicknamed it the zeptoverse.\nThe research, led by scientists based in Cambridge, wa... [4282 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5pvgxkkv4dzo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/eca0/live/1ab4cfb0-d2ef-11f1-b441-2b33b063138f.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T06:01:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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