Time Crystals Are a Real Thing, With Totally Boring Applications (At Least For Now)

Less than a decade ago, scientists discovered a new state of matter where atoms not only arrange themselves in a repeating pattern (like a crystal) but are also in constant motion over time, which earned them the nickname of "time crystals."

Now scientists have observed these time crystals interacting for the first time, and they are already imagining exciting new uses for them ... like atomic clocks.

Ok, it's not exactly the time travel implications that I had hoped for when I first read the headline, but this is exactly the type of underwhelming science story that only becomes significant over time. At least now you can say you knew about those time crystals right from the start. All we need now is for scientists to figure out how to make a flux capacitor to do something interesting with them.