The art of dowsing or witching for water was considered when one January day the well went out, according to Mychal Wilmes.

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As humankind imagines living off-planet -- on the moon, Mars and beyond -- the question of how to sustain life revolves around the physical necessities of oxygen, food and water. We know there is ...