Butterfly wing patterns make motion hard to read

Nature, Published online: 20 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03062-7Movement can expose camouflaged prey, yet whether colour patterns help moving prey to avoid capture is a long-standing puzzle. Butterfly wings might offer an answer.

Nature, Published online: 20 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03062-7

Movement can expose camouflaged prey, yet whether colour patterns help moving prey to avoid capture is a long-standing puzzle. Butterfly wings might offer an answer.

Will this sleep-disorder drug be the next big blockbuster?

Nature, Published online: 20 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03310-wOrexin agonists have been approved for the treatment of a type of narcolepsy, yet they could also treat conditions across the health spectrum.

Nature, Published online: 20 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03310-w

Orexin agonists have been approved for the treatment of a type of narcolepsy, yet they could also treat conditions across the health spectrum.

Nepal’s disaster is an urgent wake-up call

Nature, Published online: 20 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03314-6Record-breaking avalanches and floods are signs of things to come. Scientists must evaluate and respond to growing risks in mountain regions.

Nature, Published online: 20 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03314-6

Record-breaking avalanches and floods are signs of things to come. Scientists must evaluate and respond to growing risks in mountain regions.

US government probe into postdoc visas worries scientists

Nature, Published online: 19 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03345-zThe administration says that the universities being investigated are using the visas to undercut wages for US nationals, but researchers say that restricting inte…

Nature, Published online: 19 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03345-z

The administration says that the universities being investigated are using the visas to undercut wages for US nationals, but researchers say that restricting international applications could harm science.