You might have seen me on TV talking about these topics or heard me on your commute home on the radio or a podcast. Or maybe you’ve just seen my Bernie meme.

Yes, you read that right. Turns out, boosting your Wi-Fi signal is one of many fascinating aluminum foil uses you never knew about. To get the inside scoop, I asked an expert to explain how this ...

My favorite social-media post in recent weeks (from a Seattle-based engineer named Grant Slatton) seems esoteric, but is quite insightful: "We don't talk enough about how insane aluminum foil is.

Not discouraged by having forgotten his antenna, he kludges up a makeshift one using a 20 cm length of aluminum foil (see video demonstration below the break). [David] wasn’t completely ...

One of the more interesting hacks that’s been making the rounds online claims that you can prevent intruders from breaking into your home with nothing more than a sheet of regular aluminum foil.

The trick: Wad up a piece of aluminum foil into a ball, and toss it straight into the flatware compartment of your dishwasher. I didn’t think I had any issue with my flatware before I saw the ...

Luckily, there are a few quick fixes for this problem, and one of them involves something you already have in your kitchen—aluminum foil. Incidentally, this is just one of the many aluminum foil ...

While foil tapes have most of the aforementioned qualities in common, the carrier material largely determines its undertaking. Carrier materials are recounted in the section below. Aluminum tape is ...