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Australia Science News API

Get the live top science headlines from Australia with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Australia Science News API

API Demonstration

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from Australia.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=au&category=science&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 69960,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b424bc67474ba4749a4f81b258b215c3",
            "title": "When did kissing evolve? Did humans and Neanderthals smooch?",
            "description": "If I asked you to imagine your dream snog, chances are it wouldn't be with a Neanderthal; burly and hirsute as they may be. However, my team's new research suggests that these squat beefcakes might have been right up your ancestors' street.",
            "content": "If I asked you to imagine your dream snog, chances are it wouldn't be with a Neanderthal; burly and hirsute as they may be. However, my team's new research suggests that these squat beefcakes might have been right up your ancestors' street.\nIn our ne... [3870 chars]",
            "url": "https://phys.org/news/2025-11-evolve-humans-neanderthals-smooch.html",
            "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2019/kiss.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-22T15:50:29Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6063be7565dcd637bb5d2946ed6c5329",
                "name": "Phys.org",
                "url": "https://phys.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "277746ea2ae55f935bef4078946f60ac",
            "title": "Scientists Intrigued by Moss Surviving on Exterior of Space Station",
            "description": "Future gardens aboard space ships may be carpeted in moss because it's so space hardy.",
            "content": "The humble clumps of moss that grow on garden walls and between the cracks of sidewalks are hardy enough to survive the rigors of space, a new experiment found, and that means the velvety green stuff could be a promising component of future ecosystem... [2815 chars]",
            "url": "https://nz.news.yahoo.com/scientists-intrigued-moss-surviving-exterior-140000769.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/pdt5pzakYUAbkVrauN486w--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD02MzA7Y2Y9d2VicA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/futurism_981/97f6d2f5b7509827a32922508ef58a65",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-22T14:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6d863f4ffeccd8fded318a7cf38642cb",
                "name": "Yahoo News New Zealand",
                "url": "https://nz.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "956fa03570290c39624160354a3bdd08",
            "title": "Your brain slices speech into words faster than you blink",
            "description": "The brain’s superior temporal gyrus quietly learns your language patterns, helping it break continuous speech into clear, meaningful words.",
            "content": "Every day, your brain performs a remarkable trick: it carves a torrent of sound into crisp, recognizable words at lightning speed. New research shows this ability isn’t driven solely by higher language centers.\nInstead, a sound hub called the superio... [5443 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.earth.com/news/your-brain-slices-speech-into-words-faster-than-you-blink/",
            "image": "https://cff2.earth.com/uploads/2025/11/21214019/Brain-words.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-22T08:27:43Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fca72a05020e12df547eedb79c870663",
                "name": "Earth.com",
                "url": "https://www.earth.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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