United States Science News API

Get the live top science headlines from the United States 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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Request and live response

This request returns the current top science headlines from the United States. 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=us&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=science" \
  --data-urlencode "country=us" \
  --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": "us", "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: "us",
    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"  => "us",
    "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=us&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": 62984,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d4a4a3d988b77a5c599d39fec8ed1458",
            "title": "La reflexión de Daniel López Rosetti sobre la actividad física: “El movimiento no es solo salud”",
            "description": "El especialista detalló cómo la actividad programada impacta en la salud mental; sostiene que el ejercicio físico actúa como una herramienta terapéutica efectiva para pacientes con cuadros de tristeza - LA NACION",
            "content": "El médico cardiólogo Daniel López Rosetti detalló el valor del ejercicio corporal como una herramienta terapéutica fundamental para el abordaje de la salud mental y analizó el impacto del deporte en pacientes con cuadros de angustia y tristeza frente... [2448 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.lanacion.com.ar/sociedad/la-reflexion-de-daniel-lopez-rosetti-sobre-la-actividad-fisica-el-movimiento-no-es-solo-salud-nid03112026/",
            "image": "https://www.lanacion.com.ar/resizer/v2/daniel-lopez-X2D3AJUS75C7JM56DKABYWQBDA.jpg?auth=1361ab725143a579d5ad5b1e42b673a8d5fa9aba3e983981a131e21f3428af5c&width=1200&height=800&quality=70&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T01:00:00Z",
            "lang": "es",
            "source": {
                "id": "2640b1411388f99ee05468bf9bd9a602",
                "name": "La Nación",
                "url": "https://www.lanacion.com.ar"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f86276aa46a1738a41524e7b60a139b1",
            "title": "A NASA Telescope Is Predicted to Crash Back to Earth Within Hours",
            "description": "The space agency estimates that there is a one-in-2,100 chance that debris from the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory could injure someone on the ground.",
            "content": "In the coming hours, NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory will crash back to Earth.\nMost of the spacecraft, which weighs about 1.5 tons, will burn up as it re-enters Earth’s atmosphere. Some of the bigger, heavier pieces, however, are expected to su... [1271 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/science/nasa-swift-reentry-crash.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/11/03/multimedia/03sci-nasa-swift-cqfk/03sci-nasa-swift-cqfk-facebookJumbo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:37:02Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1af016697f6f73e53999c26c2491570c",
            "title": "Un invento de hace 2.000 años inspira un revolucionario motor molecular que multiplica hasta por 100 la conductividad eléctrica",
            "description": "Científicos de Alemania, Dinamarca e Israel han desarrollado un motor molecular que gira en ambas direcciones mediante electricidad",
            "content": "Una máquina ideada hace más de 2.000 años ha servido de inspiración para desarrollar un motor molecular que podría abrir nuevas posibilidades en la nanotecnología. Un equipo internacional de científicos ha conseguido que este diminuto dispositivo gir... [2742 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.elconfidencial.com/tecnologia/ciencia/2026-11-03/motor-molecular-inspirado-invento-antiguo-1qrt_4458069/",
            "image": "https://images.ecestaticos.com/KqIquMEOo5cfbSaDQ1Isr4asVoU=/0x0:1920x1080/600x315/filters:fill(white):format(jpg):quality(99):watermark(f.elconfidencial.com/file/65c/43d/0ca/65c43d0ca5dbd5ff8f19b44167343db9.png,0,275,1)/f.elconfidencial.com/original/e5c/d18/717/e5cd1871747e40ed2cc851cce7d3895c.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T19:40:00Z",
            "lang": "es",
            "source": {
                "id": "1cd9b78e4d2504f2b2160e0bf476cdaa",
                "name": "El Confidencial",
                "url": "https://www.elconfidencial.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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