Bill Gothard founded the Institute in Basic Life Principles in 1961 and was accused of sexual harassment decades later Alex Gurley is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

The Earth was formed roughly 4.5 billion years ago. The first signs of life on our planet emerged soon after (in terms of the Earth's history). However, the conditions back then were very different ...

Scientists report that they have built a living "minimal cell" with a genome stripped down to its barest essentials – and a computer model of the cell that mirrors its behavior. By refining and ...

A developer wants to build a senior assisted living community on a portion of the Institute in Basic Life Principles’ property on Ogden Avenue just east of Route 83 in Hinsdale. Estimated to cost $95 ...

“The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else.” Frederic Bastiat, 1848 One of the most basic principles of life is this: For someone to receive ...

Jen Taylor-O’Connor opens up about her research on animal communication and how it helped her heal from trauma Alexandra Schonfeld is a staff editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Princeton bioengineer Clifford Brangwynne has won the 2023 Breakthrough Prize for Life Sciences, recognizing his contributions to the study of living cells. Brangwynne’s research has changed how ...