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Canada Science News API

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

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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": 132588,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "030c21826c1023f7670bdf78acc5226b",
            "title": "‘Profound impacts’: record ocean heat is intensifying climate disasters, data shows",
            "description": "Oceans absorb 90% of global heating, making them a stark indicator of the relentless march of the climate crisis",
            "content": "The world’s oceans absorbed colossal amounts of heat in 2025, setting yet another new record and fuelling more extreme weather, scientists have reported.\nMore than 90% of the heat trapped by humanity’s carbon pollution is taken up by the oceans. This... [2729 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/09/profound-impacts-record-ocean-heat-intensifying-climate-disasters",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/da508f46950c1510b53ff5cb3b5841ed2fdb83c7/1386_0_6935_5548/master/6935.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=3f70d3ada9da5c4342f71be8bc1c5c24",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-09T08:16:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "56db02eaf2406f9a433407f41910f26d",
            "title": "Short Wave : NPR",
            "description": "Most astronomers agree that young galaxy clusters should be relatively cool compared to older ones. But researchers recently found a very young cluster that’s hotter than the surface of the sun. More on why the finding is so shocking, plus elephant’s remarkable sniffing abilities and a new discovery about butterfly migration in this episode of Short Wave. Interested in more science news? Email us your question at shortwave@npr.org.Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave.",
            "content": "Current theories say young galaxy clusters should be relatively cool compared to older ones. But researchers recently found a very young cluster that was shockingly hot.\nStudy author Dazhi Zhou says it's the first time a galaxy cluster this hot has b... [1433 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/01/09/nx-s1-5664851/space-galaxy-universe-hot",
            "image": "https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1900x1069+0+0/resize/1400/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F76%2F40%2Fe78641304777b63f2108fb46e709%2F56a37ffe-4d5b-44c2-ba31-a5a1e1840fde.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-09T08:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0978beb86628acb239ee06cf0b116d2c",
                "name": "NPR",
                "url": "https://www.npr.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "91c8ae88071e8cd8eb2b4e4253865a15",
            "title": "NASA will bring astronauts home early due to medical issue",
            "description": "NASA said on Wednesday it was postponing a spacewalk at the International Space Station that was scheduled for Thursday, citing a “medical concern” with one of the crew members.",
            "content": "NEW YORK — In a rare move, NASA is cutting a mission aboard the International Space Station short after an astronaut had a medical issue.\nThe space agency said Thursday the U.S.-Japanese-Russian crew of four will return to Earth in the coming days, e... [1517 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cp24.com/news/world/2026/01/08/nasa-cuts-space-station-mission-short-after-an-astronauts-medical-issue/",
            "image": "https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/2RUXPR5OPNCXPOO4JWBLWOQQVM.jpg?smart=true&auth=6113d129c4951aacd68705bc3a15e6993a7b99395b2bd51e5390f19bb567a06c&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-08T23:37:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7dd7268139219ad1376ef22df3730d7e",
                "name": "CP24",
                "url": "https://www.cp24.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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