An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link When the parents of Sally Le Page, a British evolutionary biologist, tried to get help from their local water company with installing a new pipe, ...

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 ...

Sunday, May 17 -- Trainer Arnaud Delacour said Sunday morning that he was delighted with Divining Rod’s third-place finish in the Preakness Stakes. “I was very happy with that,” Delacour said. “At the ...

Ten out of 12 water utilities in the United Kingdom admitted that their technicians use divining rods to find underground leaks or water pipes, according to an investigation by science blogger Sally ...

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 ...