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": 16540,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "984f70fa97ed65c417fd2c6f56dc2bb5",
            "title": "World's largest scorpion roamed UK 400 million years ago, says expert",
            "description": "Fossil fragments suggest the Praearcturus gigas scorpion had a body about one metre long.",
            "content": "Experts have identified a giant scorpion that lived about 415 million years ago, which they believe may be the largest scorpion ever discovered.\nDr Richard Howard of the Natural History Museum, who led the study, said fossil fragments suggested the P... [3058 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3v2vnpkkyno",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/f59d/live/09fa29d0-60db-11f1-82ca-1380a42b6773.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-05T18:19:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bc929433a3b633875d4184abfd125b15",
            "title": "International Space Station leak triggers evacuation order",
            "description": "Microscopic cracks in Russian Zvezda module have vented more than two pounds of air daily since 2019 despite multiple repair attempts",
            "content": "An air leak on board the International Space Station (ISS) left astronauts sheltering in their lifeboats on Friday afternoon, fearing an evacuation might be required.\nNasa and the Russian space agency Roscosmos have been struggling to seal microscopi... [4686 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/06/05/international-space-station-leak-triggers-evacuation-order/",
            "image": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/world-news/2026/06/05/TELEMMGLPICT000488631443_17806771328861_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqnY32puTRmJBD0IQz1kt_ZW6qMEuv0qSVyX1bNcDmagk.jpeg?impolicy=OG-Standard",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-05T17:33:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0fc579b3cc7a823fd67a74b9ed6f0796",
                "name": "The Telegraph",
                "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "73e210296b563ad7a6b1feac40e96aaa",
            "title": "International Space Station astronauts resume normal duties after evacuation order",
            "description": "Crew previously told to enter docked spacecraft and don spacesuits in case an air leak worsened",
            "content": "Astronauts onboard the International Space Station have been told to return to normal duties after previously being on evacuation alert due to a worsening air leak.\nThe four astronauts of Nasa’s Crew-12 mission on the station – two US astronauts, a F... [2553 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/05/international-space-station-astronauts-under-evacuation-orders",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ea6f879b446d705dc2703dfa94a7d4a36b7e263f/667_0_3892_3116/master/3892.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=a67eeba4d6996c833ab9d16a8242677f",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-05T14:04:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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