Scientists have solved the riddle behind one of the most recognisable, and annoying, household sounds: the dripping tap. And crucially, they have also identified a simple solution to stop it, which ...

The irritating sound of the dripping water from a faucet or from a leaking roof during the rainy season has kept generations of people awake at night. The noise has been extremely frustrating that ...

Does the sound of a leaky faucet drive you nuts? Dish soap might save you, scientists claim. Until this week, no one understood how dripping water makes that infuriating "plink." In a paper published ...

Recent reports of a contaminated water supply in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, which led to warnings not to use water from faucets earlier this week, have sparked general safety concerns. The city of ...

Paying closer attention to what was coming out of my faucet changed the way I see the world. By A. Cerisse Cohen I used to have no problem with tap water. I grew up in Cincinnati with parents who, at ...