Dowsing became forever linked to Vermont on this day in 1958 when 50 people attended the first National Dowsing Convention.

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 ...

In these times, most of the old superstitions have fallen by the wayside, but dowsing’s many believers robustly defend this ancient practice. I am acquainted with scientists and engineers who have ...

Last week, we posted a small selection of snake-oil gadgets. It's resulted in a monster comments thread. One particularly strong contingent was that defending dowsing rods, the final item in the ...

Josh is a staff writer covering Europe, including politics, policy, immigration and more. Americans are always being told that their view of Britain is wrong. The U.K. is, we hear, not a quaint little ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...