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The science of using your expectations to relieve pain

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How do alternative remedies work to heal the body and the brain?

Traditional healing is used around the world, from acupuncture to laying of hands to yoga. How do these alternative remedies work to heal the body and the brain? As part of our series ScienceScope and in cooperation with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, the NewsHour’s Nsikan Akpan ventures to Oaxaca, Mexico to dive into the neuroscience of expectation.

04/11/2018

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Former Ethiopian music star gets late-life encore in U.S.

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Clip: 4/11/2018 | 5m 52s | With a new album, the now 71-year-old Hailu Mergia is having an unexpected resurgence. (5m 52s)

House Speaker Paul Ryan decides to leave on his own terms

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Clip: 4/11/2018 | 8m 20s | Speaker of the House Paul Ryan's decision today rippled up and down Pennsylvania Avenue. (8m 20s)

How Facebook does business

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Clip: 4/11/2018 | 8m 56s | Mark Zuckerberg finished his visit to Capitol Hill with another long hearing Wednesday. (8m 56s)

The potential for escalation if U.S. launches Syria strike

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Clip: 4/11/2018 | 4m 47s | Her husband was an ISIS sniper. What’s next for this family? (4m 47s)

The potential for escalation if U.S. launches Syria strike

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Where does Paul Ryan’s departure leave the GOP?

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Clip: 4/11/2018 | 7m 51s | Judy Woodruff talks gets reaction from Chris Buskirk and Charlie Sykes. (7m 51s)

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