Nature, Published online: 15 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03372-8Euzobia Mugisha Baine describes the formative influences that inspired her to become the first gender-equity officer at Makerere University in Kampala.

Nature, Published online: 15 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08166-6Dairy cows inoculated with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1

Nature, Published online: 15 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03333-1The United Nations has just listed more things the world needs to accomplish. It should be asking why it hasn’t reached its current goals.

Nature, Published online: 15 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03186-8Photography from the air was helping archaeologists find the right spot to dig, plus a screaming frog makes a narrow escape, in our weekly peek at Nature’s archive.

Nature, Published online: 15 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03287-4A crop of referee reports from the Royal Society’s archive reveal discussions about cutting printing costs, reviewer holidays and even editing images.

Nature, Published online: 15 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03342-0The work of addressing the inequities in science must not fall just on those most affected.