Damaged fragment deemed 'unremarkable' turns out to be rare piece of Homer's 'Odyssey' history
A fragment of Homer's "Odyssey" Book 12 sat unnoticed for decades in Utrecht University's archives until a Radboud University professor recognized it.
Real-time science news from Netherlands, structured for developers. NewsMesh filters Netherlands-relevant science coverage into one JSON feed (GET /v1/latest?category=science&country=nl), each story tagged with category, country relevance, and the named people detected in the body.
A fragment of Homer's "Odyssey" Book 12 sat unnoticed for decades in Utrecht University's archives until a Radboud University professor recognized it.
A Dutch scientist found a 1,700-year-old fragment from "The Odyssey" while doing research at the local library.
A rare 1,700-year-old fragment of Homer's Odyssey has been found tucked between the pages of a Dutch library book.
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NewsMesh filters Netherlands-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=nl). The examples below are ready to copy.
curl "https://api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?apiKey=nm_xxx&category=science&country=nl&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 Netherlands-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=nl. 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 Netherlands coverage from /v1/latest?country=nl.
Yes. NewsMesh is a real-time news API: science Netherlands 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.
Access the full dataset programmatically with the NewsMesh API.