WHO: The National Science Foundation
WHAT: Geneticists at Ohio State University and Cornell University received “a $3.8 million grant to study the molecular mechanisms that regulate fruit shape.”
WHY IT’S AN OUTRAGE: Unemployment is at 10 percent. Spending money in this way is like throwing fruit at the jobless and hungry.
WHERE TO VENT: The National Science Foundation at 703-292-5111.
