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South Africa Science News API

Get the live top science headlines from South Africa 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 South Africa.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=za&category=science&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 534,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "6f0bf24162e1f165438a9323874ea9e6",
            "title": "Why Memories Change: How the Brain Rewrites the Past",
            "description": "A new review explores how episodic memories are formed, stored, and reshaped over time, revealing why our recollections of past events often change.",
            "content": "Summary: A new review explores how episodic memories are formed, stored, and reshaped over time, revealing why our recollections of past events often change. Rather than functioning like fixed files, memories consist of multiple components that can l... [5895 chars]",
            "url": "https://neurosciencenews.com/episodic-memory-change-30022/",
            "image": "https://neurosciencenews.com/files/2025/12/changing-memory-neuroscience.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-05T22:21:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "70b4bf2b5b3ca97debe457804c1d46d0",
                "name": "Neuroscience News",
                "url": "https://neurosciencenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bf929ed73305514865c030c51743c61f",
            "title": "Soft electronics that shape-shift",
            "description": "UD researchers develop a first-of-its-kind conductive hydrogel that can switch between liquid and solid states",
            "content": "What if a doctor could inject an electricity-conducting liquid into the body, let it temporarily solidify to record nerve signals or jump-start healing, and then return it to liquid form for easy removal?\nThat vision is edging closer to reality. Univ... [3943 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2025/december/reversible-conductive-hydrogel-bioelectronics/",
            "image": "https://www.udel.edu/content/dam/udelImages/udaily/2025/december/COE-MSEG-Kayser_NSF_CAREER_Award-020723-022_UDaily_-_Story_(social_sharing)_800x420.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-05T18:13:44Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f59acf900e478065a51ad85dd373dfc5",
                "name": "University of Delaware",
                "url": "https://www.udel.edu"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5c46359013e793b24ae6b215ad483681",
            "title": "Festive light displays",
            "description": "If you enjoy the lights people string on their houses at this time of year, you’ll love galaxy clusters.",
            "content": "Perseverance may have found a meteorite on Mars. NASA’s Perseverance rover has spotted an unusually shaped rock (pictured) that differs from the surrounding rocks. Further investigation revealed it to be rich in iron and nickel, suggesting it may be ... [3380 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.planetary.org/the-downlink/festive-light-displays",
            "image": "https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/email/newsletter/_1200x630_crop_center-center_82_none/earth-from-below-iss.jpg?mtime=1764792207",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-05T15:31:31Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "99768563e4b9a254bb8b74f8e171544b",
                "name": "The Planetary Society",
                "url": "https://www.planetary.org"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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