FORT A.P. HILL, Va. -- Joint Task Force-National Scout Jamboree exercised a spider bite scenario July 23 as part of a robust series of exercises to prepare for the Boy Scouts of America's 2010 ...

A version of this article appears in print on June 4, 2024, Section D, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Smooth as Silk: The Itsy Bitsy Spider That Inspired a Powerful Microphone.

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