[rich_sasha]

+1. Had they limited themselves to the critique of Trump, it would be fine. But they actually take the step forward and bathe Biden in glory.

He may be a good guy, all I know is he isn't Trump, and says some of the right things, ahead of an election. This could translate to absolutely anything.

[dekhn]

Biden has been a politician for decades. It's not hard to figure out what Biden is.

[rich_sasha]

It's very different once you get the top job. And Nature, as a scientific publication, shouldn't be in the business of predicting that.

[dekhn]

Politicians don't suddenly change when they're elected president (it's not like the powers of the president would really permit that, either).

Nature, as a scientific publication, is probably one of the best at predicting that, given it's run by scientists, who have deep history in analyzing how policy decisions affect science.