Wonders of the Living World

Curiosity, awe, and the meaning of life

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Artistic Molecules

How can messy and disordered processes produce order and life? The constant movement of tiny molecules comes together like the dots in an impressionist’s painting to make up a complete cell. Explore this and similar phenomena in this section.

News & Articles

Rhoda Hawkins, biological physicist – curiosity and wonder

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Entropy, Life and the Kingdom of God

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Randomness Keeps You Breathing: A physicist’s perspective on the richness of the created order

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Guest Post: Not a Clock Maker – Randomness and order in science and faith

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Is the World Predictably Random?

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Guest Post: Artistic Molecules

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God, Bubbles and the Origin of Life

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Why We Need Disorder: A physicist’s perspective on the living world

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Poured Out Like Water

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Guest Post – Random Design: A New Paradigm of Creation

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Guest Post: How can messy and disordered processes produce complexity and life?

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Biochemistry: Randomness and God

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Guest Post: Wonders of the Cell

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Videos

Rhoda Hawkins: What do you think we can find out about God from his creation?

16th March 2021

Rhoda doesn't believe we can find evidence for God's existence from creation,…

Rhoda Hawkins: How do you think science and faith fit together?

1st June 2021

Rhoda grew up with Christian parents, and so learned about God as…

Rhoda Hawkins: What questions about meaning and purpose does your work make you ask, and how does your faith help you answer them?

14th June 2021

Rhoda studies the way in which random movements at a very small…

Rhoda Hawkins: How can God create the universe using random processes?

14th June 2021

Rhoda has no problem with the idea that God might use random…

Rhoda Hawkins: Tell us about your research

3rd November 2021

Rhoda explains her own work on how cells move around the body,…

Rhoda Hawkins: Why are you a scientist and a Christian?

3rd November 2021

For Rhoda, questions about the world, her mathematical mind, and her belief…

Rhoda Hawkins: What has helped you to appreciate the wonders of the living world?

7th February 2022

Rhoda shares an extremely exciting discovery in physics that was announced the…

Stephen Freeland: What questions about meaning and purpose does your work make you ask, and how does your faith help you answer them?

7th February 2022

In recent years, astrobiology has redefined our relationship to the cosmos. It…

In conversation: Jeff Hardin & Rhoda Hawkins

24th February 2022

Jeff and Rhoda discuss how their faith and science interact, and the…