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How to use science to help us manage life’s toughest moments is the theme of this week’s Big Books and Bold Ideas. 

Here, we revisit three discussions MPR News host Kerri Miller had with authors this past year and learn what they’ve discovered about grief, heartbreak and talking with people with whom we fundamentally disagree.

Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe kicks us off with a conversation about 

Then we turn to Florence Williams, and her personal and clinical look at 

what science now knows happens in our bodies

Last, we hear from grief researcher Mary-Frances O’Connor about 

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This week, for MPR News’ Spring Member Drive, Kerri Miller featured three conversations she had this past year with authors who take a scientific lens to some of the most intense seasons of life. 

On Big Books and Bold Ideas this week, Kerri Miller featured three conversations she had this past year with authors who take a scientific lens to some of the most intense seasons of life. 

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