Thames Water is still using the ancient dowsing method to hunt for leaks, despite scientists saying it doesn’t work. The company, which services nearly 15million homes, has admitted some of their ...

ST. HELENA, Calif. (AP) — With California in the grips of drought, farmers throughout the state are using a mysterious and some say foolhardy tool for locating underground water: dowsers, or water ...

There are many different ways to hold a divining rod or dowsing rod. Some people prefer to "witch" for water with a pendulum. The practice relies on the idea that the object will suddenly move when a ...

South West Water has done a U-bend on claims that is uses ancient water dowsing techniques to find leaks. In a tweet to science writer Sally Le Page for an article she wrote for Medium.com, the water ...

CALISTOGA, Calif. -- In a vineyard flanked by scorched hills and charcoal trees, Rob Thompson gripped two stainless steel rods, began rotating in a circle and counted under his breath. Then he said he ...

Water dowsing, or water locating, has been a subject of discussion and controversy for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. It is mentioned in the Bible — Moses struck a rock and water gushed out.

Americans are always being told that their view of Britain is wrong. The U.K. is, we hear, not a quaint little island of medieval towns and minor royals but a thriving modern economy and a world ...

Dowsers do more than find water. Dowsing, also called water witching or divining, is an ancient art used to find the unknown, including the location of water or minerals, or unresolved health ...

George Dellaganna watches his two metal wands crisscross as he locates an underground stream on a North County Ranch. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com Science can’t explain everything, ...

ST. HELENA, Calif. — With California in the grips of drought, farmers throughout the state are using a mysterious and some say foolhardy tool for locating underground water: dowsers, or water witches.

Updated 7 a.m. Wednesday Most of the major water companies in the United Kingdom use dowsing rods — a folk magic practice discredited by science — to find underwater pipes, according to an Oxford Ph.D ...