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United Kingdom Science News API

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

Get API key for the United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=gb&category=science&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 14808,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4d396c09b9c0ac290df0cdb8ca903b89",
            "title": "Who are the Artemis II astronauts heading to the Moon?",
            "description": "The crew, who are accomplished pilots, engineers and scientists, reveal their hopes, fears and family sacrifices.",
            "content": "Four astronauts are about to become the most closely watched crew since Apollo.\nThey will be the first to orbit the moon for more than 50 years, testing the path back for the next generation.\nThe crew includes three Nasa astronauts - Commander Reid W... [7271 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdj7e11pw10o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/d4da/live/9aa7fb10-26a7-11f1-9a4b-834c9ce445e3.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-31T03:46:22Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8d67947157f494e57681a357e8f0b87b",
            "title": "Static electricity is a mystery but invisible carbon may be key",
            "description": "A thin layer of carbon on the surface of oxide grains changes how they exchange static charge.",
            "content": "Static electricity is a big mystery — a jolt of fresh research could help to solve it\nHair-raising: how carbon contamination can drive static charging\nFrom Van de Graaff generators to flying kites in thunderstorms, scientists have spent centuries pla... [308 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01012-x?error=cookies_not_supported&code=2ca1b4c6-8eef-44a9-a7da-4f531705e591",
            "image": "https://media.nature.com/lw1200/magazine-assets/d41586-026-01012-x/d41586-026-01012-x_52227988.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-30T21:41:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7abf0df285fbe93cdccffcc7c4088737",
                "name": "Nature",
                "url": "https://www.nature.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ebc449f4a4fda7fe94f6133ff30165e8",
            "title": "Astronaut Mike Fincke Lost The Ability To Talk Whilst In Space. NASA Is Looking For Related Cases",
            "description": "During the incident, which lasted around 20 minutes, Fincke was unable to talk. After extensive tests on Earth, we still don't know what happened.",
            "content": "In January, Fincke and fellow NASA astronaut Zena Cardman were set to perform a spacewalk to add an array to provide additional power to the orbiting laboratory, preparing the space station for eventual deorbit. But that spacewalk – which would have ... [3068 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.iflscience.com/astronaut-mike-fincke-lost-the-ability-to-talk-whilst-on-the-iss-nasa-thinks-it-may-be-a-space-related-thing-83014",
            "image": "https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/83014/aImg/89787/astronauts-iss-meta.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-30T15:44:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1d14645471b902dc36cbced40e4f0ea0",
                "name": "IFLScience",
                "url": "https://www.iflscience.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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