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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": 14658,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "466af04b4c33888c03323f86e025ce5b",
            "title": "Scientists Opened 40-Year-Old Salmon Cans and Found an Unexpected Discovery Inside",
            "description": "A batch of dusty, decades-old salmon cans was never meant to make headlines. Yet when scientists finally opened them, what they found inside raised unexpected questions about life beneath the ocean’s surface.",
            "content": "Decades-old canned salmon has turned into an unexpected scientific archive. What was once discarded inventory is now helping researchers track parasite populations across more than 40 years. The findings suggest these overlooked organisms may hold cl... [2197 chars]",
            "url": "https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/03/old-salmon-can-unexpected-discovery-inside/",
            "image": "https://dailygalaxy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Scientists-Opened-40-Year-Old-Salmon-Cans-and-Found-an-Unexpected-Discovery-Inside-scaled.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-21T15:45:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "15b3a075005c2186c70ef27f4d08b583",
                "name": "The Daily Galaxy",
                "url": "https://dailygalaxy.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "150bd410c786cf0e5feb686bc4e5a7e1",
            "title": "I couldn’t hold a plank at 59 - now I can do pull-ups at 76",
            "description": "Strength coach Ed Haynes took his mum from not being able to hold a plank at 59 to performing pull-ups at 76. Here's how.",
            "content": "Lillian Haynes reaches overhead and wraps her knuckles around a chalky metal pull-up bar. She takes a deep breath, sets herself, then contracts her back muscles, pulling her body skywards with surprising ease. She is 76 years old.\nLater, she cranks o... [6804 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/health-and-fitness/exercise-for-longevity-b2941588.html",
            "image": "https://static.independent.co.uk/2026/03/19/8/00/Research-suggests-exercise-can-slow-the-effects-of-physical-decline.jpeg?trim=0,0,0,0&width=1200&height=800&crop=1200:800",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-21T06:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0d5c0adfb0e84da759fe48296b9f6e55",
                "name": "The Independent",
                "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a174993e9a262436bd0cc14cd6379b7f",
            "title": "Teleporting across the Solar System? These are the most horrific places near Earth you could re-materialise",
            "description": "From volcanic moons to stormy gas giants, these are the worst places you could possibly teleport to in our Solar System.",
            "content": "Congratulations! You’ve just invented the world’s first teleporter – and with it the ability to transport yourself from one place to any other instantly.\nThe first thing most people would think of now is how much this is going to shave off the mornin... [7631 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/worst-places-teleport-in-solar-system",
            "image": "https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2026/03/teleportation.jpg?w=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-21T04:35:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "bb036bf3706725d44fbf435dab1c55bd",
                "name": "BBC Sky at Night Magazine",
                "url": "https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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