Real-time science news from Australia, structured for developers. NewsMesh filters Australia-relevant science coverage into one JSON feed (GET /v1/latest?category=science&country=au), each story tagged with category, country relevance, and the named people detected in the body.
Australia’s decision to axe partnerships with two Chinese universities has raised concerns that Canberra is moving to align with Washington on research security policy. The deci...
The Australian Antarctic Division will launch a mission to extract personnel from Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean due to the psychological risk posed by a potential outbr...
The fruit has challenged what scientists previously believed about how and when Melastomataceae plants arrived in Australia.
A swarm of giant cockroaches may sound like the stuff of nightmares, but Australian researchers say the insects could one day be used by search-and-rescue teams to deliver... Re...
Ancient fossils suggest insects conquered land through a long amphibious phase rather than making an abrupt jump from water to dry ground. A newly identified 324-million-year-ol...
Swarms of cyborg cockroaches could deliver critical care to people trapped in a tight spot, with researchers turning tiny insects into search and rescue titans.
A rabbit's ears working like a radiator, a pigeon's featherless legs, an ant colony's underground bunker — the everyday heat tricks hiding in plain sight
Australian researchers envision an autonomous swarm of half-insect, half-robot “cyborgs” armed with needles.
Australian researchers envision an autonomous swarm of half-insect, half-robot “cyborgs” armed with needles.
When the apocalypse strikes, scientists say there's no use running for the hills. Instead, anyone who really wants to outlast the end of days should make their way to Australia.
When Lilly Pollard flew her drone over a floating dead whale carcass, she captured a spectacular dinner party attended by one of the ocean's biggest apex predators.
Scientists from the Liverpool School of Tropical medicine have revealed the countries where the most incidents occur every year.
Researchers confirm a 2024 coral bleaching event in remote, crocodile-inhabited Northern Territory waters was not picked up by the latest predictive technologies.
Dogs are often seen sniffing each other's urine during walks, and scientists have suggested that this behaviour could offer clues about how self-aware they are
A semi-submersible cargo carrier has arrived on the remote Australian territory to ferry the SpaceX starship back to Texas.
Tens of thousands of years ago, the Great Barrier Reef was above water. Whether it was grassland, rainforest, or mangrove swamp is something researchers and Indigenous rangers a...
Cat content is its own corner of the internet, and the primary rule is that everything a cat does is either hilarious or adorable. A hissing cat is funny. A cat trying to escape...
Australia reported its first confirmed case of the H5 bird flu in a mammal, after a long-nosed fur seal was found dead in South Australia.
The ‘concerning development’ comes as a sick seal was found on an SA beach.
A long-nosed fur seal has been announced as the first confirmed death of a mammal by the deadly bird flu virus that is now spreading through Australia.
NewsMesh filters Australia-relevant science coverage into one structured feed, ready to query by the same parameters as the rest of the API.
Authenticate with your apiKey and call one endpoint (GET api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?category=science&country=au). The examples below are ready to copy.
curl "https://api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?apiKey=nm_xxx&category=science&country=au&limit=20"GET /v1/latest: Most-recent articles, filterable by category, country, and date range.GET /v1/search: Full-text search across the archive with boolean operators and source filters.GET /v1/trending: Cached trending headlines, the fastest endpoint for homepage feeds.GET /v1/article/{id}: Fetch a single article and its full metadata by ID.NewsMesh filters Australia-relevant science coverage into one structured feed, each story tagged with its category, the countries it's relevant to, and the named people detected in the body.
Call GET /v1/latest?category=science&country=au. Use /v1/search to add keyword queries on top of the same filters.
Yes. Swap the category parameter (business, sports, technology, health, and more) or drop it entirely to get all Australia coverage from /v1/latest?country=au.
Yes. NewsMesh is a real-time news API: science Australia stories are served through the live /v1/latest and /v1/trending endpoints alongside a searchable archive, each tagged with its category, the countries it's relevant to, and the named people detected in the body, so you can build a live feed without scraping HTML.
Create a NewsMesh account, generate an API key, and call the endpoint above with your apiKey parameter. See the pricing page for current plans and rate limits.
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