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Uganda Science News API

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

Get API key for the Uganda 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 Uganda.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=ug&category=science&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 134,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9a9aeb3ae32c1c373f0370d716a63b78",
            "title": "2025's strongest solar flare triggers radio blackout in Europe, Africa",
            "description": "Scientists said the sun erupted Tuesday morning, unleashing a strong X5.1-class flare in an intense outburst, causing communications disruptions.",
            "content": "Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Scientists said the sun erupted Tuesday morning, unleashing a strong X5.1-class flare in an intense outburst, causing communications disruptions.\nIt was the year's strongest solar flare.\nScientists said the flare peaked around 5 a.m.... [1520 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2025/11/11/NOAA-solar-strongest-sun-flare-radio-blackout-Europe-Africa/7651762881694/",
            "image": "https://cdnph.upi.com/sv/ph/og/upi/7651762881694/2025/1/1ada2590b4e203ba597e9f00e71cd28b/v1.5/2025s-strongest-solar-flare-triggers-global-radio-blackout.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-11T18:39:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "887e9e707c79cca3398c8d4e0e1c2d60",
                "name": "upi.com",
                "url": "https://www.upi.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "99b45ff6b2336b3e7a60b2d95ca22caa",
            "title": "Advanced laser created using just leaves and peanuts",
            "description": "Scientists made the state-of-the-art technology entirely from biomaterials – birch leaves and peanut kernels.",
            "content": "An advanced laser has been created using just leaves and peanuts.\nScientists made the state-of-the-art technology entirely from biomaterials – birch leaves and peanut kernels.\nThey say the environmentally friendly laser could become a cheap and acces... [2605 chars]",
            "url": "https://themercury.com/news/national/advanced-laser-created-using-just-leaves-and-peanuts/article_bc4bbd9e-6a61-5547-bd62-ab0f7fdb6af0.html",
            "image": "https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/themercury.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/00/c0052158-6b8b-5ddd-92de-c1fee6e700aa/6913537827c3e.image.jpg?crop=1779%2C934%2C219%2C0&resize=1200%2C630&order=crop%2Cresize",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-11T15:01:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "85da48b74d6176ae945de04562631ac5",
                "name": "themercury.com",
                "url": "https://themercury.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0cb7c97e98f1cb9debd8fae7b42b8221",
            "title": "Prehistoric Jomon people in Japan had 'little to no' DNA from the mysterious Denisovans, study finds",
            "description": "The prehistoric Jomon people of Japan had \"unexpectedly low\" levels of DNA from our mysterious Denisovan relatives.",
            "content": "The Jomon people living in prehistoric Japan had \"little to no\" Denisovan DNA, suggesting their ancestors may not have been in contact with this now-extinct group of Eurasian humans, a new study reports.\nThe finding was part of an investigation into ... [3871 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/prehistoric-jomon-people-in-japan-had-little-to-no-dna-from-the-mysterious-denisovans-study-finds",
            "image": "https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8rTzmjaDHDazwPUFG2pFPB-1600-80.png",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-11T14:48:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "95993cee63c947c63f6bfe9192834ef8",
                "name": "Live Science",
                "url": "https://www.livescience.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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