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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thames Water and Severn Trent Water are still use dowsing rods to detect leaks despite scientific studies showing that the method is ineffective. A 2017 investigation found that 10 out of 12 water ...

can be used to identify the best locations to drill.

Our article reported results from two Soviet geologists who found dowsing “extremely useful in pinpointing several metal ore deposits”. It went on to describe other reports of success.… Roman ...