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": 42560,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "21489727d5fa98b99c4e50a277f1baa8",
            "title": "Artemis II astronauts detail 'intense' reentry in interview with ABC News' David Muir",
            "description": "The Artemis II crew spoke with ABC's \"World News Tonight\" anchor David Muir, nearly a week after returning home from their historic 10-day journey to the moon and back.",
            "content": "The Artemis II crew described in detail what the intense reentry and textbook splashdown were like in an interview with ABC's \"World News Tonight\" anchor David Muir, nearly a week after returning home from their historic 10-day journey to the moon an... [3534 chars]",
            "url": "https://abcnews.com/US/artemis-ii-astronauts-detail-intense-reentry-interview-abc/story?id=132112982",
            "image": "https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/8c61e6ee-cd30-480c-959b-ad337d314b6b/artemis-crew-01-abc-jt-260416_1776371414563_hpMain_16x9.jpg?w=1600",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-16T23:29:59Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d35e5701ba890c345f47dc0dd5522375",
                "name": "abcnews.com",
                "url": "https://abcnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b0d80727eddb608cccd58105bf5f28ca",
            "title": "They Froze a Brain to −196°C. Then Brought It ‘Back to Life’ in a Groundbreaking New Study.",
            "description": "Not only does this mean brain tissue is more resilient than previously believed, but we also could be one step closer to “human hibernation.”",
            "content": "5 min read\nHere’s what you’ll learn when you read this story…\nIn a groundbreaking study, researchers found that frozen tissue from mouse brains could return to normal functions after facing extremely cold conditions.\nThe findings suggest that brain t... [6683 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a70986771/frozen-brain-cryosleep-research/",
            "image": "https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/d660739e-68e0-40a7-9402-cf0efe7e8361.jpeg?crop=1xw:0.75xh;0xw,0.137xh&resize=1200:*",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-16T21:15:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e333a6a024f7d013e52b7c7c908654ee",
                "name": "Popular Mechanics",
                "url": "https://www.popularmechanics.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1fc1cd6bab113b881dd64efcb4d58fdd",
            "title": "Artemis II Crew Discusses NASA Moon Mission and Next Steps",
            "description": "The four astronauts spoke at a news conference Thursday afternoon at Johnson Space Center in Houston about their journey around the moon and back to Earth.",
            "content": "Six days after returning to Earth, the astronauts of NASA’s Artemis II mission are already thinking about what it might be like to walk on the moon.\n“I’m telling you right now,” Reid Wiseman, the NASA astronaut who commanded the mission, said during ... [1098 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/science/artemis-ii-astronauts-moon-mission-press-conference.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/04/16/multimedia/16HS-artemis-astronauts/16HS-artemis-astronauts-facebookJumbo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-16T20:42:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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