Canada Science News API

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

Get API key for the Canada 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 Canada.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=ca&category=science&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 148582,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "79fe53e1e2a3c76f8d7447010de67162",
            "title": "Fighting a cold? A meal gives your immune cells an immediate boost",
            "description": "Experiments in humans and mice suggest that certain white blood cells, known as T-cells, may respond to infections more effectively after a meal. The research calls into question the notion of \"starve a fever, feed a cold.\"",
            "content": "Scientists have found that certain white blood cells, known as T-cells, can work more effectively after a meal.\nThe T-cells behave like a microscopic army on the lookout to remove viruses, bacteria or precancerous tissue from the body, says Greg Delg... [3041 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/diet-immune-system-9.7221119",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/6795d7a0-5210-4f38-88dd-10ce2cbb17e5,1780503999405/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C238%2C3848%2C2164%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-03T20:33:24Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8d0ee8f4158d0b2e7baa451c50e5537b",
            "title": "NASA says the elephant-sized meteor that landed on New England is totally normal",
            "description": "The five-foot meteor traveling at 42,000 miles per hour fell into Cape Cod with the equivalence of 230 tons of TNT.",
            "content": "“Did anyone else hear that boom?”\n“Anyone feel that?”\nNASA let people know over the weekend that the cause of the commotion was a meteor, but on Monday they revealed even more stunning details.\nThe fireball was as heavy as an elephant and 5 feet (1.5... [2021 chars]",
            "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/06/03/new-england-meteor-boom-nasa-cape-cod-bay/",
            "image": "https://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/AP26152856815380.jpg?resize=1200,600",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-03T20:26:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "92507c5203b6b96d1b6f7d795348de34",
                "name": "Fortune",
                "url": "https://fortune.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cc5a77efbfc458adbc7ea743c8bca446",
            "title": "NASA declares MAVEN spacecraft dead, mission at an end",
            "description": "Almost six months after NASA lost contact with the spacecraft, the agency has declared the MAVEN satellite unrecoverable and its mission concluded.",
            "content": "June 3 (UPI) -- Almost six months after NASA lost contact with the spacecraft, the agency has declared the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Environment satellite unrecoverable and its mission concluded.\nNASA's Deep Space Network (radio antennas that conn... [2006 chars]",
            "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com/nasa-declares-maven-spacecraft-dead-201707355.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/1ee095d5aa7d3b011c1280366e1766bc68843536a5abe98bf10a9f6a039f58cd/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w900_h600;quality_80;format_webp/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Funited_press_international_articles_356%2Fcde38e59e7f8f1193ceacf7dcd1dbfcf",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-03T20:17:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a2b63f17a2f88eb6115cf6b743dcd1e5",
                "name": "Yahoo News Canada",
                "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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