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South Africa Science News API
Get the live top science headlines from South Africa with our JSON API.
Get API key for the South Africa Science News APIAPI 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 South Africa.
GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=za&category=science&apikey=API_KEY
{
"totalArticles": 510,
"articles": [
{
"id": "60203889b59eea87cc15b08882899f93",
"title": "Becoming human in southern Africa: What ancient hunter",
"description": "In one of the largest African hunter-gatherer ancient-DNA studies to date, population geneticists from Uppsala University in Sweden, and a cognitive archaeologist from UJ",
"content": "In one of the largest African hunter-gatherer ancient-DNA studies to date, population geneticists from Uppsala University in Sweden, and a cognitive archaeologist from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, analysed the DNA of 28 people who li... [5626 chars]",
"url": "https://news.uj.ac.za/news/becoming-human-in-southern-africa-what-ancient-hunter-gatherer-genomes-reveal/",
"image": "https://news.uj.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Rock-Shelter-adjusted-scaled.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2025-12-04T12:15:56Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "aec6bc2caa0ebd48dd7906b8652e657e",
"name": "UJ News",
"url": "https://news.uj.ac.za"
}
},
{
"id": "1e771bfcfd9490fe3b5310ce362d28b9",
"title": "Geminids meteor shower 2025: When and where to watch the spectacular December nights with up to 120 shooting stars per hour",
"description": "Science News: The Geminids meteor shower, a consistent and bright celestial event, is set for a spectacular display in 2025. With minimal moonlight during its peak",
"content": "The Geminids meteor shower, a consistent and bright celestial event, is set for a spectacular display in 2025. With minimal moonlight during its peak on December 13-14, stargazers can anticipate 60-120 meteors per hour. This unique shower, originatin... [4545 chars]",
"url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/geminids-meteor-shower-2025-when-and-where-to-watch-the-spectacular-december-nights-with-up-to-120-shooting-stars-per-hour/articleshow/125757691.cms",
"image": "https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125758534,width-1070,height-580,imgsize-105624,resizemode-75,overlay-toi_sw,pt-32,y_pad-500/photo.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2025-12-04T05:30:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "9c931d3332c3a87c89b804230892aa64",
"name": "The Times of India",
"url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com"
}
},
{
"id": "84658566e754822e48a752bfec91bf6d",
"title": "NASA heads to Death Valley to test new Mars drone tech",
"description": "After reaching Mars with the Perseverance rover in early 2021, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter proved a huge success as it exceeded expectations with an astonishing 72 flights across the Martian surface. But three years after entering the history books by becoming the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on another planet, Ingenuity sustained damage to […]",
"content": "After reaching Mars with the Perseverance rover in early 2021, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter proved a huge success as it exceeded expectations with an astonishing 72 flights across the Martian surface.\nBut three years after entering the history books b... [2029 chars]",
"url": "https://www.digitaltrends.com/space/nasa-heads-to-death-valley-to-test-new-mars-drone-tech/",
"image": "https://www.digitaltrends.com/tachyon/2025/12/nasa-mars-drone-test.jpg?resize=1200%2C630",
"publishedAt": "2025-12-04T04:30:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "b9839af36d69d3c293a1a1aa9e8bc0f9",
"name": "Digital Trends",
"url": "https://www.digitaltrends.com"
}
}
]
}