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": 147852,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9c09183ba41bae5f7f16e11586de04af",
            "title": "Intelligence makes people more trusting, but early hardship cuts this benefit in half",
            "description": "Smart people tend to trust others more easily. But if you grew up facing economic or family hardships, your intelligence is far less likely to translate into this highly beneficial social trait.",
            "content": "Growing up in a disadvantaged environment not only hinders cognitive development but also weakens a person’s default willingness to trust others later in life. A recent study published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin reveals that while ... [9016 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.psypost.org/intelligence-makes-people-more-trusting-but-early-hardship-cuts-this-benefit-in-half/",
            "image": "https://www.psypost.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/sad-woman.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T12:11:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "903c7fdd47f4c6635a51a373c74eece7",
                "name": "PsyPost",
                "url": "https://www.psypost.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b2ccbb9abab64d6670dc1fa7bfb29f53",
            "title": "The strange reason nearly all humans are right-handed",
            "description": "Oxford study links human right-handedness to bipedalism and larger brains across primate evolution.",
            "content": "Roughly nine out of 10 people favor their right hand, a pattern so common it can feel almost invisible. Yet in evolutionary terms, it is deeply strange. No other primate species comes close to showing such a strong, consistent population-wide bias.\nA... [8098 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/the-strange-reason-nearly-all-humans-are-right-handed/",
            "image": "https://www.thebrighterside.news/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot-2026-05-15-151615.png?auto=webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T11:51:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "112bf679e5854b6527eea31fa42dbada",
                "name": "The Brighter Side of News",
                "url": "https://www.thebrighterside.news"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7b43b2261118bfa33ff9f09c8fe93b6f",
            "title": "Giant 19-metre finned octopus could live up to the legend of the kraken",
            "description": "Cretaceous period creature may have dominated the seas of Vancouver Island",
            "content": "“Release the kraken!” are words of legend and myth that call to mind images of giant tentacled sea creatures grappling with ships and dragging them and their crew down to the depths of the ocean, never to be seen or heard from again.\nIn today’s ocean... [3480 chars]",
            "url": "https://campbellrivermirror.com/2026/05/16/giant-19-metre-finned-octopus-could-live-up-to-the-legend-of-the-kraken/",
            "image": "https://campbellrivermirror.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2026/05/42261996_web1_260513-CRM-giant-finned-octopus-OCTOPUS_1.jpg?w=1024",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T08:33:55Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "bf4ada3cc6e67462a8828fe5b120e04e",
                "name": "Campbell River Mirror",
                "url": "https://campbellrivermirror.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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