The hashtag #ReviewForScience has revealed surprising new uses for everyday objects in the lab. Alane Lim highlights her favourites.
In an episode of the original series of MacGyver, starring Richard Dean Anderson as the secret-agent-cum-improviser who “busts bad guys and solves problems,” Anderson’s character builds an airplane out of bamboo and trash bags to make a getaway.
That particular contraption might not be entirely plausible, but the thought is there. You can find surprising uses for things originally intended for different purposes (making toy trucks our of shoe boxes and bottle caps, for example) .