adobe a 1920

Adobe construction: What’s old is new again

For thousands of years, civilizations around the world have built houses out of earth – whether it be mud brick, wattle and dab or rammed earth. But adobe (the practice of making mudbricks) has now become today’s “it” building material, from museums around the world designed using adobe, to do-it-yourselfers constructing homes from the very…

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worm grunting a 1920

The “magic” of worm grunting

If you are looking for live fishing bait, you could dig up some worms – or, you could use a bizarre trick involving vibrations to conjure earthworms out of the soil. Correspondent Conor Knighton looks into a little-understood process known as “worm grunting.” He also visits Sopchoppy, Florida, the self-described “Worm Capital of the World,”…

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derrick adams installation

This week on “Sunday Morning” (July 26)

The Emmy Award-winning “CBS News Sunday Morning” is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET.  “Sunday Morning” also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.)  Guest host: Mo Rocca      COVER STORY: Home, not alone: Helping aging seniors in rural AmericaAccording to the USDA, the number of…

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