THE DAILY OUTRAGE: This is the sound of the National Science Foundation’s budget being chopped in half.

WHO: The National Science Foundation

WHAT: NSF granted Cornell University researchers a $1.2 million grant to simulate the sounds of objects being smashed. The project will make the sounds of things breaking in movies or video games much more lifelike.

WHY IT’S AN OUTRAGE: We should spend more time making the economy more lifelike.

WHERE TO VENT: NSF at 703-292-5111.

-Compiled by Anna Dorminey, an Examiner intern through the National Journalism Center

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