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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": 132512,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f60146f5b78b2ada738cf60236784c93",
            "title": "Scientists find key RNA component on an asteroid for the first time",
            "description": "Researchers studying the pieces of asteroid Bennu have discovered three ground-breaking things inside the samples — sugar, a mysterious gum-like object, and a huge amount of dust. These findings could tell us more about the early solar system and the origin of life.",
            "content": "Scientists believe that asteroids contain life’s ingredients and delivered them to Earth when they collided with our planet billions of years ago. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Exp... [1797 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.notebookcheck.net/Scientists-find-key-RNA-component-on-an-asteroid-for-the-first-time.1183328.0.html",
            "image": "https://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/Notebooks/News/_nc5/A-scanning-electron-microscope-image-of-a-micrometeorite-impact-crater-in-a-particle-of-asteroid-Bennu-material.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-12T05:52:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6f43ddc905277d3cab59591df0bcaa6d",
                "name": "Notebookcheck",
                "url": "https://www.notebookcheck.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ec56bfd8bab715ce0ebc33df1249384b",
            "title": "Smithsonian to display rare and ‘remarkable’ dinosaur skull that was unearthed in South Dakota",
            "description": "The Pachycephalosaurus skull belonged to a dinosaur with a domed-shaped head that lived around 67 million years ago",
            "content": "The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History says it will display a rare and “remarkable” dinosaur skull that was unearthed in South Dakota.\nThe well-preserved Pachycephalosaurus skull was found in rocks of the Hell Creek Formation in 2024. T... [2078 chars]",
            "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com/smithsonian-display-rare-remarkable-dinosaur-044000340.html",
            "image": "https://media.zenfs.com/en/the_independent_635/f5a84cafa2f5a2dbe05e1ea5a2502112",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-12T04:40:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a2b63f17a2f88eb6115cf6b743dcd1e5",
                "name": "Yahoo News Canada",
                "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c8e0cb167124c12a8f7c5b30bb204d10",
            "title": "New Research Challenges Classification of Uranus and Neptune as Ice Giants",
            "description": "The composition of Uranus and Neptune might be less icy than previously thought, according to a new study by University of Zürich scientists.",
            "content": "The composition of Uranus and Neptune might be less icy than previously thought, according to a new study by University of Zürich scientists.\n“The ice giant classification is oversimplified as Uranus and Neptune are still poorly understood,” said Luc... [2610 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sci.news/space/uranus-neptune-classification-14417.html",
            "image": "https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/12/image_14417-Uranus.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-11T23:55:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c74358087a9ef7a865a623801c9a631c",
                "name": "Sci.News",
                "url": "https://www.sci.news"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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