# Google News Science Headlines API (fetcher.sh)

> Google News Science Headlines API (fetcher.sh) is a paid API for AI agents from google-news.fetcher.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Fetches the latest science section headlines from Google News via a pay-per-call REST endpoint using USDC micropayments.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://google-news.fetcher.sh/api/science
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/google-news-science-headlines-api-fetcher-sh-0ca96450
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_RMgyOl9f_qQO7Q9rOODpV

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability google-news-science-headlines-api-fetcher-sh-0ca96450
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the latest science headlines from Google News right now so I can see what's trending in the science world today?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, structured science headlines from Google News without setting up an account, OAuth, or subscription — ideal for lightweight agents that need occasional news fetches billed per-call in USDC micropayments. Prefer this over RSS parsers or full news APIs when you want Google News specifically with no infrastructure overhead.

## Known failure modes

- Google News rate limiting or blocking may return an error or empty result
- Network timeout if Google News is temporarily unavailable
- Stale or cached results if Google News hasn't refreshed the science section recently
- Payment failure if USDC balance is insufficient or x402 transaction is rejected
- Malformed response if Google News changes its underlying page structure

## How this service works

Google News (headlines) data and scraping API: Headlines by section (world, business, technology, ...), keyword search, topics, and article URL decoding. 12 REST endpoints from $0.005 per call — no account, no OAuth, no subscription. Pay with x402 (USDC on Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad or Solana) or prepaid credits.

## Output

A list of current science section headlines from Google News, including article titles, source names, publication timestamps, and article URLs for each story currently featured in the science section.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "required": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/google-news-science-headlines-api-fetcher-sh-0ca96450/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from google-news.fetcher.sh](https://www.zero.xyz/host/google-news.fetcher.sh/llms.txt)