Brave - first result.
Google - no first page, no second page, no third page, stopped checking.
Let's try that in quotes - it's the exact title of the article: "politics influences the science of covid-19"
Brave: first result
Google: no results found, searching without quotes.
Here is one more, search: Ten Elements of the False COVID Narrative
Google: nowhere
Brave: first result
And it's not like Google just didn't index the site, it works for topics that are "less controversial", search: Universal Clock implies Universal Clockwork
Google: first result
Brave: first result
Whatever the explanation - either Google censors some topics, or its search engine works differently - the result is the same, for this example Brave outperformed Google.
It’s the first result for me with or without quotes. I’m curious if the site is somehow blocked.
Seems like google only fails on politically sensitive topics like unpopular opinions about COVID. I suspect they might be using a filter, or even a different ranking system for certain keywords.
The second example, “Ten Elements of the False COVID Narrative”, assuming you’re looking for it at scienceblog, is the fourth result. Above the fold, at least. (Edit: Sort of nevermind, I missed that you didn’t use quotes for that one. Without quotes the scienceblog page appears in slot 11).
I am in the US and get my results in English, if that matters. I checked to see if toggling safe search changed anything, but nope.