VOA慢速英语:Robot Scientist Helps Design New Drugs

automate – v. to run or operate something by using machines or computers instead of people to do the work

humanoid – adj. looking or acting like a human

fungus – n. any one of a group of related plants such as molds, mushrooms, or yeasts that have no flowers and that live on dead or decaying things

neglected – adj. not given enough attention or care

tropical – adj. relating to the part of the world near the equator where the weather is always warm

hypothesize – v. to suggest (an idea or theory); to make or suggest a hypothesis