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选择性必修第四册　 3 　 选择性必修第四册 课时作业 32　 SCIENCE FICTION Ⅰ. 阅读理解 " (2023·辽宁省沈阳市模拟) Look out, Einstein, a robot wants your job! This robot, named Adam, may be the first non- human to ever independently think up and test hypotheses in order to discover new scientific knowledge. Adam􀆳s discoveries so far have something to do with yeast genetics—not nearly as mind-blowing as Einstein􀆳s theories on relativity, but still impressive when you realize that nobody told Adam which yeast gene to study. “ Adam makes up its mind about what to do,” Rose King of Aberyth University in the United Kingdom, the robot􀆳s creator, told CBC News in Canada. “ It decides what experiments to do and what to test. ” Of course, Adam􀆳s choices are limited by the information King feeds it and the lab equipment it has access to. The physical robotic system includes robotic arms, a freezer, fans and equipment useful for biological research. Adam also has loads of data on yeast and other organisms. To decide what to do, Adam finds a place where the yeast genetic data is incomplete, and then searches for complete information about similar genes in other organisms. By comparing all of this data, Adam is able to form a hypothesis and start experimenting. Adam can bring up to 1,000 new experiments each day. Why Yeast? Biologists use this simple organism as a model for more complex ones, like human cells. So far, Adam has figured out the functions of 12 different yeast genes. When King and his team tested Adam􀆳s results, everything was