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Charlotte Hu

Freelance Writer

Charlotte Hu is a science and technology journalist interested in stories at the intersection of science and society. Her work has appeared in Scientific American, Popular Science, GenomeWeb, Business Insider, and Discover magazine. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Latest articles by Charlotte Hu

Science
What if colon cancer screening didn’t involve poop?What if colon cancer screening didn’t involve poop?
Science

Blood-based biopsies could make screening less icky — if we can make them more accurate.

By Charlotte Hu
The one huge obstacle standing in the way of progress on gene-editing medicine
Future Perfect

The genetic data that underpins CRISPR has a big diversity problem.

By Charlotte Hu

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