United States Science News API

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

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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 States.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=us&category=science&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 51172,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9a44f321e79fe4c32a6056185b022e54",
            "title": "Mom Couldn't Afford Assisted Living, Moved Her to Tiny House Next Door",
            "description": "Lori Bufka, 64, cares for her mother with dementia. Assisted living became too expensive, so Bufka moved her into a trailer next to their home.",
            "content": "This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lori Bufka, 64, who is caring for her mother with dementia in Arizona. Assisted living became too expensive for her mother, so Bufka moved her into a trailer next to their home, where her mother w... [6061 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/long-term-care-tiny-home-trailer-assisted-living-independence-2026-5",
            "image": "https://i.insider.com/6a18847e2ab5f9757add5913?width=1200&format=jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-31T16:19:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3349d5cc8abff1623266825fbe6b0f68",
                "name": "Business Insider",
                "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b1da03429e4fdc4de13218bfefbb6409",
            "title": "Meteor explodes off coast of Massachusetts, causing loud boom",
            "description": "NASA said the energy released when the meteor broke up was equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT.",
            "content": "A meteor exploded off the coast of Massachusetts, causing a loud boom that could be heard throughout the state Saturday afternoon, according to WBZ-TV chief meteorologist Eric Fisher. NASA said the energy released when the meteor broke up was equival... [5253 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/massachusetts-coast-meteor-explodes-loud-boom/",
            "image": "https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/05/30/cddbfccd-ac16-4ea7-949d-60675dc035ea/thumbnail/1200x630/0ef898c0b6fc121ab5cfaf2385e60f39/hjlmrtyxuamcvnp.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-31T16:05:10Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2f2ed82d991515dcc85d86a1374a9ae",
                "name": "CBS News",
                "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8e7709425b13d03d7c4f544e788ec4e3",
            "title": "NASA confirms exploding meteor caused the sonic boom over Boston",
            "description": "The boom could be heard across several states and shook houses.",
            "content": "On Saturday, at around 2:06 pm ET, a meteor streaked over the northeastern US and exploded north of Cape Cod Bay. The fireball was caught on camera by several people, shook houses, and can even be seen clearly in satellite imagery, lighting up the sk... [858 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theverge.com/science/940467/meteor-exploded-new-england",
            "image": "https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/Screenshot-2026-05-31-at-9.40.25AM.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C1.9306282722513%2C100%2C96.138743455497&w=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-31T13:44:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6904b5b083966b8966bdfd85ba5b9220",
                "name": "The Verge",
                "url": "https://www.theverge.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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