Ireland Science News API

{
    "totalArticles": 79536,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "804c580b977e7a55ff2d424adaad542d",
            "title": "The platypus is even weirder than thought, scientists discover",
            "description": "They already have the bill of a duck, the tail of a beaver, lay eggs like reptiles and have venom like snakes.",
            "content": "Yet the humble platypus, a small creature which quietly swims in the rivers of eastern Australia, has found yet another way to amaze scientists.\nIt is the only mammal that has hollow structures of the pigment melanin, a trait normally found in birds,... [3011 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260319-the-platypus-is-even-weirder-than-thought-scientists-discover",
            "image": "https://s.france24.com/media/display/b46a69fc-2328-11f1-ae4f-005056a90284/w:1280/p:16x9/554d3d495c75966947005722d397a6bc2c15464f.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-19T00:15:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f501fcfec9884d330bc84a73998805a5",
                "name": "France 24",
                "url": "https://www.france24.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "48a6c8d45a7a63604ab0aefa82ae3590",
            "title": "Leaky brain barrier - News & Events",
            "description": "The work, led by teams at Trinity and the FutureNeuro Research Ireland Centre, has pinpointed the mechanism linking some sports injuries to poor brain health in retired athletes.",
            "content": "Posted on: 18 March 2026\nThe work, led by teams at Trinity and the FutureNeuro Research Ireland Centre, has pinpointed the mechanism linking some sports injuries to poor brain health in retired athletes.\nThe research, published today in leading inter... [4207 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/top-stories/featured/leaky-brain-barrier/",
            "image": "https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/top-stories/featured/leaky-brain-barrier/:/media/tcd/news-images/Rugby-maul.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-18T19:40:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ef09f43c569a861ad7ef0eb26cdcad86",
                "name": "Trinity College Dublin",
                "url": "https://www.tcd.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "db7a77afb139ff6a3178d02cc20b9416",
            "title": "'Leaky' barrier linked to athletes' poor brain health",
            "description": "New research led by teams at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has identified for the first time what causes some sports injuries to result in poor brain health in retired athletes.",
            "content": "New research led by teams at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has identified for the first time what causes some sports injuries to result in poor brain health in retired athletes.\nThe research has pinpointed \"leaky\" blood-brain barrier (BBB) as a driver... [3523 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2026/0318/1564017-brain-injuries-athletes-tcd-research/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/002414d7-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-18T18:04:31Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}