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Profolus @profolus.com · 27/03/2026
The United states, under the second Trump administration, is treating space as a critical economic and national security domain. Its newer American Space Superiority doctrine is moving away from the free access model of space exploration.
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Why is NASA Building a Moon Base Worth USD 30 Billion? - Profolus
NASA plans to spend 30 billion U.S. dollars ver the next 10 years to establish a permanent human outpost on the surface of the Moon.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 27/03/2026
Economist Ben S. Bernanke explained that the tendency of the stock market to move with oil and gas prices can be explained by their tendency to react in the same direction to common factors: aggregate demand, overall uncertainty, and risk aversion.
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Relationship Between Oil and Gas Prices and the Stock Market - Profolus
How exactly do oil and gas prices affect the stock market? What is the exact relationship between the two?
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Profolus @profolus.com · 27/03/2026
The U.S. maintained a healthy alliance with the reigning Iranian monarch, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, during the 1970s. Iran was also its foremost economic and military partner in the Middle East.
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Causes of the Conflict Between Iran and the United States - Profolus
What are the causes of the conflict between Iran and the United States? What is the reason behind the strained relationship between the two?
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Profolus @profolus.com · 26/03/2026
With a 30 billion U.S. dollar price tag and a 10-year clock ticking against a rising Chinese space program, NASA is no longer just planning a visit. The U.S. space agency is building a home on the surface of the Moon.
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Why is NASA Building a Moon Base Worth USD 30 Billion? - Profolus
NASA plans to spend 30 billion U.S. dollars ver the next 10 years to establish a permanent human outpost on the surface of the Moon.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 26/03/2026
Cortical Labs, a biotech startup based in Melbourne, is establishing the first biological data centers in Melbourne and Singapore. Specifically, instead of silicon chips, these facilities are designed to run on lab-grown human brain cells to process information.
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Cortical Labs is Building Biological Data Centers Made of Human Brain Cells - Profolus
Cortical Labs is scaling biological data centers that run on real human brain cells toward commercial reality.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 26/03/2026
SWARM Biotactics is a biotechnology and defense company that develops what it calls bio-robotic systems based on programmable and hardware-equipped insects for intelligence gathering, search and rescue operations, and several industrial inspections. READ MORE: www.profolus.com/topics/swarm...
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Profolus @profolus.com · 26/03/2026
Iran has been battered by relentless airstrikes from the U.S. and Israel. Meanwhile, Russia, one of its powerful allies, remains generally detached despite their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
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Why is Russia Not Helping Iran in War with US and Israel? - Profolus
Russia largely remains a spectator as its closest ally in the Middle East endures assaults from U.S. and Israel.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 26/03/2026
Trump insisted that using the term “defense” for a government agency that oversees the armed forces appeared too passive, while “war" reflected the historic record of decisive victories of the United States.
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Why Donald Trump Renamed the Department of Defense to the Department of War - Profolus
A historic title may be making a comeback at the heart of American defense.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 26/03/2026
The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University suggests that the country is sitting on a massive oil stockpile of about 1.4 billion barrels that can last 100 to 130 days. READ MORE: www.profolus.com/topics/china...
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Profolus @profolus.com · 26/03/2026
The Hyundai Research Institute noted that the superstar K-pop boyband BTS brings in an estimated $3.4 billion as economic value and another $1.26 billion in added value each year.
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The Contribution of BTS to the South Korean Economy - Profolus
The impact of BTS transcends beyond K-pop. The K-pop sensation is a brand that is worth billions of dollars.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 26/03/2026
Despite being surrounded by seemingly accessible land and naval routes, in addition to airspace, it is near-impossible to invade Iran. Even ground military operations against the country will be logistically and financially challenging.
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Reasons Why Invading Iran Is Near-Impossible - Profolus
Iran is less of a country and more of a multi-layered continental fortress.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 26/03/2026
The introduction of ChromeOS and Chromebooks is part of the attempt of Google to popularize cloud computing. Nonetheless, although ChromeOS has several notable selling propositions and advantages, it also has several drawbacks.
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ChromeOS and Chromebooks: Advantages and Disadvantages - Profolus
The advantages of ChromeOS and the benefits of owning a Chromebook revolve around simplicity, affordability, and mobility.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 26/03/2026
Traditional data centers that run on silicon-based processors guzzle huge amounts of energy and water. However, for a biotech startup based in Australia, the future is in wetware. READ MORE: www.profolus.com/topics/corti...
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Profolus @profolus.com · 26/03/2026
Researchers uncovered how AI agents, autonomous systems that are commonly based on large language models, coordinate complex propaganda campaigns without requiring any direct human intervention or oversight. READ MORE: www.profolus.com/topics/ai-ag...
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Profolus @profolus.com · 23/03/2026
For industries and sectors in which hydrocarbons are the main input, such as those in the transportation and manufacturing businesses, higher fossil fuel prices result in poor stock performance.
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Relationship Between Oil and Gas Prices and the Stock Market - Profolus
How exactly do oil and gas prices affect the stock market? What is the exact relationship between the two?
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Profolus @profolus.com · 23/03/2026
The company, which owns both Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster, alleges that ChatGPT from OpenAI is not merely learning from its articles and entries, but is cannibalizing value while also harming its brands.
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Explainer: Here is Why Encyclopedia Britannica is Suing OpenAI - Profolus
Britannica and Merriam-Webster claim OpenAI committed industrial-scale copyright infringement while harming their trademarks.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 23/03/2026
A German biotech and defense startup called SWARM Biotactics has developed, tested, and deployed insects equipped with electronic components for intelligence gathering, search and rescue operations, and industrial inspections.
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SWARM Biotactics Supplies NATO With Controllable Cockroach Spies - Profolus
SWARM Biotactics is a German deep-tech startup that bridges the gap between biology and robotics.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 23/03/2026
China has exposure to Middle East energy exports. But years of policies and actions have allowed it to create a diversified and redundant energy mix, a massive oil stockpile, and a strong supply of oil and gas from strategic alliances.
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China Has Strategic Insulation Against Global Oil and Gas Shocks - Profolus
While neighboring economies like Japan and South Korea struggle with oil and gas supply shortages, China appears remarkably insulated.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 23/03/2026
Pokémon Go developer Niantic used the mobile game to crowdsource players into scanning and taking billions of real-world images from around the world that it then used to build a commercialized virtual positioning system for guiding urban navigation. READ MORE: www.profolus.com/topics/pokem...
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Profolus @profolus.com · 23/03/2026
How do you turn a greenhouse gas into a soft summer dress? The secret lies in a high-tech enzymatic cascade that reassembles carbon molecules into long-chain polymers to produce cellulose fibers.
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Rubi Laboratories Turns Carbon Emissions Into Textiles - Profolus
Rubi Laboratories, a visionary startup founded by Neeka Mashouf and Leila Mashouf, is turning thin air into high-end apparel.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 23/03/2026
KONSYSE: Researchers have identified a category of individuals known as hasslers. These are difficult people who consistently create needless problems and emotional strain. Their presence in a social circle is not a mere nuisance but a legitimate health risk.
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That Difficult Person Could Be Aging You Faster — Konsyse
Participants with more stressful social ties were found to be roughly 9 months biologically older.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 23/03/2026
The Supreme Court of the United States held on 20 February 2026 that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 or IEEPA does not grant the U.S. president the authority to unilaterally impose tariffs.
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Explaining the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Against Trump Tariffs - Profolus
The Supreme Court of the United States held on 20 February 2026 that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 or IEEPA does not […]
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Profolus @profolus.com · 23/03/2026
KONSYSE: Trump's spy chief Tulsi Gabbard explained that the U.S. and Israel have different strategic objectives in their war with Iran. The U.S. IS focused on degrading the strike capabilities, while Israel is targeting broader regime infrastructure.
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War With Iran Reveals Strategic Disconnect Between U.S. and Israel — Konsyse
The Israeli Defense Forces executed aerial strikes on the South Pars gas field in Iran on 19 March 2026.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 23/03/2026
One of the biggest drawbacks of purchasing and owning an Amazon Kindle is that users do not own the e-books purchased from the Kindle Store. A purchase translates to a mere license. This is stated in the Kindle Store Terms of Use.
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Drawbacks of Owning an Amazon Kindle E-Reader - Profolus
Amazon Kindle devices are one of the best e-readers in the market. However, there are systemic limitations to owning one.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 23/03/2026
KONSYSE: The armed confrontations between Iran and the combined forces of the United States and Israel are creating a widening web of conflicts and specific geopolitical pain points that now stretches further toward the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.
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Iran War is Tilting the Balance Toward Russia and Against Ukraine — Konsyse
The armed confrontations between Iran and the combined forces of the United States and Israel are creating a widening web of conflicts.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 23/03/2026
Water acts as a plasticizer for biopolymers like paper and starch. This means it gets between the molecular chains and pushes them apart to make the material soft and weak. But the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia has an alternative workaround.
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Nickel-Doped Chitosan Bioplastic: A Promising Plastic Alternative - Profolus
A nickel-doped chitosan, a polymer largely obtained from the shells of shrimps and crabs, shows promises for replacing plastics.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 23/03/2026
Human rights organizations documented systemic failures by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement that resulted in the traumatic separation of undocumented parents from their minor children across the United States.
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Report Finds Trump Admin Is Deporting Parents Without Their Children — Konsyse
A report reveals a harrowing reality within the ongoing immigration crackdown under the second Trump administration.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 23/03/2026
Sand is the second-most used resource after water. The world consumes about 50 billion metric tons of it each year. This volume is enough to build a 27-meter-wide and 27-meter-high wall around the planet Earth every year. But sand is running out. READ MORE: www.profolus.com/topics/globa...
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Profolus @profolus.com · 22/03/2026
The world consumes about 50 billion metric tons of it each year. This staggering volume is enough to build a 27-meter-wide and 27-meter-high wall around the planet Earth every year. But sand is running out. READ MORE: www.profolus.com/topics/globa...
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Profolus @profolus.com · 22/03/2026
The world consumes about 50 billion metric tons of it each year. This staggering volume is enough to build a 27-meter-wide and 27-meter-high wall around the planet Earth every year. But sand is running out. READ MORE: www.profolus.com/topics/globa...
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Profolus @profolus.com · 22/03/2026
Scientists at Eon Systems, a neurotechnology company based in San Francisco and focused on whole-brain emulation, successfully copied the biological brain of a fruit fly, or Drosophila melanogaster, and simulated it in a computer to control a virtual fruit fly.
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Scientists Copied the Brain of a Fruit Fly and Put It Inside a Computer - Profolus
A complete wiring map of the fruit fly brain has allowed scientists to simulate neural activity and behavior.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 22/03/2026
The relationship between Iran and the United States has taken many turns. The two countries have no formal diplomatic relations since 1980, and they have been involved in several political and military conflicts.
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Causes of the Conflict Between Iran and the United States - Profolus
What are the causes of the conflict between Iran and the United States? What is the reason behind the strained relationship between the two?
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Profolus @profolus.com · 22/03/2026
Pokémon Go was the first augmented reality mobile game to earn global success. But the game has since gone beyond enthusiastic players catching virtual monsters in an augmented real-world environment.
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Pokémon Go Players Provided the Data for Navigation Systems and Robots - Profolus
Players of the hit AR mobile game Pokémon Go became unwitting providers of data for autonomous navigation systems and robots.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 22/03/2026
While Iran endures relentless assaults from the combined forces of Israel and the United States, Russia seems content to remain a small-time supplier of military resources and a distant observer of the current situation.
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Why is Russia Not Helping Iran in War with US and Israel? - Profolus
Russia largely remains a spectator as its closest ally in the Middle East endures assaults from U.S. and Israel.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 22/03/2026
A team of biologists from the United Arab Emirates believes that understanding the adaptation mechanisms of extremophiles is crucial to engineering similar traits in other organisms or repurposing these traits toward other functions.
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Scientists Think Extremophiles Can Help Save Humankind - Profolus
Extremophiles have evolved survival tactics that go against standard biology. And they might help humankind survive.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 22/03/2026
Stefan Wilhelm, chief executive of the German startup SWARM Biotactics, announced that their bioelectronic insect-based robotic systems have been field-tested in operating environments in Europe and the U.S. and deployed with paying NATO customers.
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SWARM Biotactics Supplies NATO With Controllable Cockroach Spies - Profolus
SWARM Biotactics is a German deep-tech startup that bridges the gap between biology and robotics.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 22/03/2026
Stock prices of businesses in several industries and sectors tend to perform positively during periods of increasing oil and gas prices. Examples include businesses involved in oil and gas production and distribution.
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Relationship Between Oil and Gas Prices and the Stock Market - Profolus
How exactly do oil and gas prices affect the stock market? What is the exact relationship between the two?
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Profolus @profolus.com · 22/03/2026
The company, which owns both Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster, alleges that ChatGPT from OpenAI is not merely learning from its articles and entries, but is cannibalizing value while also harming its brands.
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Explainer: Here is Why Encyclopedia Britannica is Suing OpenAI - Profolus
Britannica and Merriam-Webster claim OpenAI committed industrial-scale copyright infringement while harming their trademarks.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 22/03/2026
Several countries in Asia, such as Japan and South Korea, have significant exposure to the global oil and gas market due to their dependence on energy exports from the Middle East. However, for China, its long-term energy security strategy provides it with insulation.
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China Has Strategic Insulation Against Global Oil and Gas Shocks - Profolus
While neighboring economies like Japan and South Korea struggle with oil and gas supply shortages, China appears remarkably insulated.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 22/03/2026
Rubi Laboratories is developing, testing, and commercializing a particular proprietary cell-free enzyme biocatalysis process for capturing carbon dioxide emissions and transforming them into fibers.
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Rubi Laboratories Turns Carbon Emissions Into Textiles - Profolus
Rubi Laboratories, a visionary startup founded by Neeka Mashouf and Leila Mashouf, is turning thin air into high-end apparel.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 22/03/2026
A large-scale international study has revealed that spouses show significant and consistent similarities across 9 major psychiatric disorders, regardless of culture, healthcare system, or generation. READ MORE: www.profolus.com/topics/spous...
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Profolus @profolus.com · 22/03/2026
Bone metastases are common in advanced cancers, and they are associated with high mortality. Around 70% of patients who died of these cancers developed bone metastases. Anemia has long been observed in these cases. READ MORE: www.profolus.com/topics/cance...
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Cancer Iron Theft: Study Explains How Bone Metastasis Causes Anemia - Profolus
Researchers have uncovered an unexpected connection between cancer, bone health, and anemia.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 22/03/2026
It is interesting to note that the U.S. government maintained a healthy alliance with the reigning Iranian monarch, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, during the 1970s. Iran was also the foremost economic and military partner of the U.S. in the Middle East.
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Causes of the Conflict Between Iran and the United States - Profolus
What are the causes of the conflict between Iran and the United States? What is the reason behind the strained relationship between the two?
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Profolus @profolus.com · 22/03/2026
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco wondered what would happen if normal cells are given the ability to outcompete cancer cells for nutrients. This curiously drew their attention to adipocytes or fat cells. READ MORE: www.profolus.com/topics/engin...
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Profolus @profolus.com · 22/03/2026
While the supreme leader dominates both the Iranian political and religious domains, the entire Iranian regime, especially its government structure, was built to last beyond its head of state.
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Regime of Iran Was Built to Survive the Death of Its Supreme Leader - Profolus
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was confirmed dead on 28 February 2026 after a massive attack from the United States and Israel.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 22/03/2026
The MacBook Neo is designed to bring macOS to a wider audience with its affordable price tag that starts below 600.00 U.S. dollars. But will a MacBook with 8GB of RAM running on an Apple A18 Pro chip suffice? It depends on the use case.
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Pros and Cons: MacBook Neo Impressions - Profolus
The MacBook Neo marks a significant shift in Apple strategy by introducing the most affordable MacBook the company has ever produced.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 22/03/2026
There are two important things to highlight when it comes to understanding how BTS contributes to the South Korean economy. First, it is an income-generating brand. Second, it is a South Korean export.
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The Contribution of BTS to the South Korean Economy - Profolus
The impact of BTS transcends beyond K-pop. The K-pop sensation is a brand that is worth billions of dollars.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 22/03/2026
A Patriot interceptor costs about 3 million U.S. dollars. Each NASAMS round costs about 1 million U.S. dollars. A Shahed drone costs Russia only about 35000 U.S. dollars. This imbalance in air defense economics has also been seen in the 2026 war with Iran.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 22/03/2026
The historical special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom has reached a considerable level of strain during the second Trump administration and following the US-Israel strike in Iran.
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War With Iran Strains US-UK Special Relationship - Profolus
While the U.S. and U.K. remain deeply interdependent regarding intelligence and trade, the special relationship is no longer a given.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 22/03/2026
The Department of War existed from 1789-1947. President Harry Truman reorganized military departments after WW2 and created the National Military Establishment. This was then renamed to the Department of Defense in 1949.
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Why Donald Trump Renamed the Department of Defense to the Department of War - Profolus
A historic title may be making a comeback at the heart of American defense.
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