There are numerous studies that show dowsing is no more effective at discovering water or whatever than pure chance or a guess. Sometimes dowsing is referred to as divining. In the US and elsewhere ...

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 ...

The ancient practice of dowsing, more commonly known as water witching, continues to be practiced by thousands of Americans. Today, however, dowsing has evolved into something of an art that can be ...

On a sunny spring morning in 1955, our physical science teacher at Centralia High School told us he had a surprise for us. We were all going outside to watch a young woman demonstrate the phenomenon ...

“I’m going to get comfortable here and hold this button above the water,” says Mike Gerhard as he sits on his lawn. “If there’s water underneath the ground here, the button will start moving. And ...

Sandi Isgro, of Stratton, is president of the American Society of Dowsers and recently taught a beginner class on the ...

The first thing practitioners will tell you is that it doesn’t work for everybody. And just about the only time you see newspaper stories about the subject is when there is an extensive drought ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) – Well driller Randy Gebke usually uses a geology database and other high-tech tools to figure out where to sink new water wells for clients. But if asked, he’ll grab two wires, ...

It was the winter of some discontent. January began with news that the shallow 30-foot well had played itself out, which was an expense that we were ill-prepared for. There were signs beginning in ...

Biologist Sally Le Page couldn't believe it when she heard a folk magic practice was being used to look for water mains in 2017. But 10 out of 12... Updated 7 a.m. Wednesday Most of the major water ...