We look at how goal scoring has changed in the NHL from 1990-present from rule changes to defensive strategies as well as the average goals per game and total goals scored.

Source: Average Goals Scored Per Game in the NHL – SportingCharts.com

There’s a new Russian free agent coming to town, and teams are already starting to line up to get a look.

Source: Maple Leafs, Flames, Canucks pursuing top Russian prospect – Sportsnet.ca

Aspartame (As- par-teem) is an artificial sweetener, created by agriculture super giant Monsanto Inc. To some it is an alternative to sugar.

Those wishing to shed a few pounds often switch to Aspartame products hoping to see the difference around their waist.

Aspartame is closely associated with diet soft drinks, but has moved into an abundance of dry food products, vitamins and even chewing gum.

Studies support the fact that Aspartame is a harmful substance, and further evidence suggests those who use it are susceptible to an array of damaging symptoms and even weight gain.

What’s Wrong with Aspartame?

According to Betty Martini of Mission Possible International, an organization geared to educating the public on the threats of Aspartame, “When the temperature of Aspartame exceeds 86 degrees Fahrenheit, the wood alcohol coverts to formaldehyde, and then to formic acid.”

It’s due to this process that the system becomes toxic. Daily and long-term consumption of Aspartame can mirror symptoms of muscular sclerosis and systemic lupus .

Further, the FDA presents a lengthy list of symptoms attributed to Aspartame use, including chronic fatigue, menstrual problems, heart palpitations, poor memory, vision loss, hair loss, seizures, and headaches or migraines .

Source: Think Twice Before Drinking Diet – Health – Health & Science – OnIslam.net

Scientists from King’s College London and University College London have collaborated with imaging and fingerprint experts from the Metropolitan Police to validate the use of new techniques for retrieving fingerprints from ivory for the first time.

The findings, published in the journal Science and Justice, could lead to wider use of fingerprinting methods in the field to more easily identify poachers in regions with high levels of ivory-related crime.

Ivory has previously been considered a difficult material to obtain fingerprints from and such techniques have not been commonly used when illegally sourced ivory has been seized despite fingerprinting being one of the oldest, simplest and most cost-effective forensic tools.

Source: First evaluation of new fingerprinting methods for ivory | Science Codex

Basketball players could be at heightened risk for dangerous blood clots that travel to the lungs, according to a small Spanish study.

But the results – calculated from only six cases of so-called pulmonary embolism in US and European players – need to be replicated in larger studies, the authors caution.

Source: Basketball players may be at heightened risk of lung clots