The smart science of "Contagion"

For Dr. Ian Lipkin, working on Steven Soderbergh's new thriller wasn't about thrills. It was a chance to educate

In Steven Soderbergh's upcoming disaster film "Contagion," no one -- not even Gwyneth Paltrow -- is safe from a pandemic virus that kills quickly and leaves mass frenzy in its wake.

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