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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": 1805,
"articles": [
{
"id": "ee322bf5a07a2e89d3427649412dda7e",
"title": "Physicists Suggest Mysterious \"Fifth Force\" May Exist In Our Solar System",
"description": "The study says that large cosmological surveys like Euclid and DESI can provide hints of new physics by looking at billions of galaxies.",
"content": "We know about the four fundamental forces of nature: gravity, electromagnetism, the strong nuclear force, and the weak nuclear force. They govern all physical interactions in the universe. But scientists believe there's a mysterious \"fifth force\" as ... [1622 chars]",
"url": "https://www.ndtv.com/science/physicists-suggest-mysterious-fifth-force-may-exist-in-our-solar-system-11409941",
"image": "https://c.ndtvimg.com/2026-04/ja09dhck_solar-system_625x300_26_April_26.jpeg",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-26T01:52:28Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "5775709b019bb5c3dae707e7b660f89e",
"name": "NDTV",
"url": "https://www.ndtv.com"
}
},
{
"id": "1df23ce1775d3e98a69f90e19294a73a",
"title": "Giant exoplanet shows unexpected atmospheric signals",
"description": "Cirrus-like clouds have been discovered on a giant planet 12 light-years away, a finding that could change the search for Earth-like worlds.",
"content": "High-altitude water-ice clouds have been revealed in the atmosphere of a giant planet that lives 12 light-years away from Earth.\nThere have been long-standing mysteries of mismatch regarding its atmospheric signals. This discovery charts a new path t... [5752 chars]",
"url": "https://www.earth.com/news/giant-exoplanet-shows-unexpected-atmospheric-signals/",
"image": "https://cff2.earth.com/uploads/2026/04/25151259/Epsilon-Indi-Ab.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-25T22:41:15Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "fca72a05020e12df547eedb79c870663",
"name": "Earth.com",
"url": "https://www.earth.com"
}
},
{
"id": "6fce44eeca60eaaf28747a18b9bf518d",
"title": "The platypus is even weirder than thought, scientists discover",
"description": "They already have the bill of a duck, the tail of a beaver, lay eggs like reptiles and have venom like snakes.",
"content": "They already have the bill of a duck, the tail of a beaver, lay eggs like reptiles and have venom like snakes.\nYet the humble platypus, a small creature which quietly swims in the rivers of eastern Australia, has found yet another way to amaze scient... [3097 chars]",
"url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-03-platypus-weirder-thought-scientists.html",
"image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2026/why-does-the-platypus.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-25T13:10:01Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "6063be7565dcd637bb5d2946ed6c5329",
"name": "Phys.org",
"url": "https://phys.org"
}
}
]
}