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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": 14084,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c698188db0a720109b6211f27758ed4e",
            "title": "Astronaut's 'serious medical condition' forces Nasa to end space station mission early",
            "description": "It is the first time in Nasa's over-65 year history that a mission will return early due to a health issue.",
            "content": "Nasa has said it will return a four-person crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS), cutting short their mission a month early because of a \"serious medical condition\" affecting one of the astronauts.\nThe agency did not disclose the name of ... [2395 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9e2y7nkv8o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/85a8/live/084db600-ece2-11f0-b385-5f48925de19a.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-08T23:37:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0564f70f2ff0ca6d903daf34f04d53bf",
            "title": "Astronaut sickness may spark first ever evacuation from space station",
            "description": "Nasa says that a ‘medical concern’ in a member of Crew 11 at the International Space Station could bring a premature end to the team’s mission",
            "content": "Crew 11 arrived at the ISS in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule in August 2025 and were due to return to Earth on February 21. The crew comprises the American astronauts Mike Fincke, 58, and Zena Cardman, 38, along with Kimiya Yui, 55, from Japan, and Ole... [1878 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/astronaut-sick-medical-concern-space-station-nasa-lifeboats-22mrn9g52",
            "image": "https://www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Ffae88427-de27-4ec4-a230-6b2a8ad4d2ba.jpg?crop=1961%2C1103%2C317%2C938&resize=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-08T20:29:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9e0e1039092ec85a0b069e08b66bb337",
                "name": "The Times",
                "url": "https://www.thetimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6ecd84b6a6c85199c1a1274a3832a8e7",
            "title": "Cavemen hunted with biological weapons 60,000 years ago",
            "description": "Poison found on Stone Age arrowheads shows evidence of early humans’ sophistication and planning, say archaeologists",
            "content": "Cavemen used poison-tipped arrows tens of thousands of years earlier than thought, scientists have found.\nArchaeologists found traces of well-known plant poisons on Stone Age quartz arrowheads in a prehistoric South African rock shelter dating back s... [2159 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/08/cavemen-hunted-with-biological-weapons-60000-years-ago/",
            "image": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/briefs/2026/01/08/TELEMMGLPICT000455615821_17678849938500_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqpm_LF87kdsxei4iXV0ieHDZw8X5mnmN5SzvuuWR43vQ.jpeg?impolicy=OG-Standard",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-08T15:37:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0fc579b3cc7a823fd67a74b9ed6f0796",
                "name": "The Telegraph",
                "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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