Squid Recodes Its Own DNA

Researchers at Tel Aviv University were not planning on shaking a pillar of Darwinism when they found something interesting: an animal that can re-code its own protein library "on the fly" to adapt to its surroundings. A news item starts with a description of the old status quo:

The principle of adaptation -- the gradual modification of a species' structures and features -- is one of the pillars of evolution. While there exists ample evidence to support the slow, ongoing process that alters...