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": 145072,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d4290db4fd69968c7c61c85e738de213",
            "title": "Scientists tried to fool bumblebees into avoiding a flower. They failed in the best way.",
            "description": "A new study proves bumblebees can problem-solve similar to big-brained creatures, showing just how smart the insects are.",
            "content": "Recently, scientists set out to prove just how smart bumblebees are. And since they couldn't simply give them a multiple-choice test, they instead set up a bumblebee-sized obstacle course designed to fool the insects. The results? They discovered tha... [3951 chars]",
            "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com/scientists-tried-fool-bumblebees-avoiding-000213535.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/8f25ad77fdf13cb2a17a01f3a0967a1bed2dc4ed7bf7d0c5c53281f758739fb3/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200;quality_80;format_webp/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fupworthy_219%2Fd15087cfe3f0e1cd7ec367c98104a2c0",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-16T00:02:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a2b63f17a2f88eb6115cf6b743dcd1e5",
                "name": "Yahoo News Canada",
                "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3adec79ab5f0a9f91690d3c0b7b7b98f",
            "title": "Physicists use thorium-229 to power the world's first working nuclear clock",
            "description": "A working thorium-229 nuclear clock now tests fundamental constants and sets new limits on ultralight dark matter.",
            "content": "A clock built from thorium-229 has crossed an important line, from a long-discussed concept to a working device. The shift matters because this clock does more than keep time. It can also watch for tiny changes in the forces that shape the universe.\n... [7881 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/physicists-use-thorium-229-to-power-the-worlds-first-working-nuclear-clock/",
            "image": "https://www.thebrighterside.news/uploads/2025/10/atomic-clock.jpg?auto=webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-15T23:07:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "112bf679e5854b6527eea31fa42dbada",
                "name": "The Brighter Side of News",
                "url": "https://www.thebrighterside.news"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "36d8c1f24508fcb57e19b6ef32b046df",
            "title": "1,000 times faster than Hubble: Up close with the NASA space telescope meant to unlock the cosmos",
            "description": "After it launches in August, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is expected to survey more of the sky than any space telescope before, at a pace hundreds of times faster.",
            "content": "GREENBELT, Md. — It’s go time for NASA’s next-generation space telescope.\nAfter nearly two decades of development, $4.3 billion and the labor of hundreds of scientists and engineers, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is less than three months fro... [8079 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/nasa-roman-space-telescope-launch-fastest-ever-rcna349773",
            "image": "https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_nbcnews-fp-1200-630,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2026-06/260612-nancy-roman-telescope-vsb-2015-3ae6b7.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-15T21:55:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3bab6463853c054dc51d2427c1a5b69e",
                "name": "NBC News",
                "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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