The No. 1 University of Arizona men’s basketball team dismantled Abilene Christian University, winning 96-62 on Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. in McKale Center. The victory gave Arizona its 10th straight.

In Western Pennsylvania, coal mining has rendered surface and groundwater supplies unfit, causing rural residents to try to catch rainwater. Rainwater catchment systems are ancient inventions that are ...

The painted pavement indicates the underground cistern at the Pico Library in Santa Monica. Photo: Avishay Artsy With periods of extreme drought expected to increase in the Southland, as well as an El ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. A Frenchman visiting Constantinople in the 16 th century heard strange ...

Have you ever noticed those big cast-iron pipes sticking up out of the ground in various places around the outside of old houses? They're old rainleaders. They took rainwater from the roof and brought ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- "Nothing beats the first time someone sees it." To docent, Stephanie Kiouses, the Cistern at Buffalo Bayou Park is a Houston treasure. It was built in 1926 as a drinking water ...