Artificial Life (ALife) is an interdisciplinary scientific field that explores the principles and processes of life through the use of computational models, robotics, and synthetic biology. The goal of ALife is to understand life by recreating biological phenomena and systems within artificial environments, allowing researchers to study not only life as it is, but also life-as-it-could-be. This field spans a variety of disciplines, including biology, computer science, physics, and complex systems theory, and it encompasses both theoretical and experimental approaches. Key areas of study within ALife include the simulation of evolutionary processes, the development of autonomous agents, and the synthesis of biochemical systems.  Read about this and more at the ISAL Encyclopedia!