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This Week in Science: a common disorder gets a much-needed name change; an artificial island found to be older than we thought; an 'impossible' crystal forged in a historic event; and much more! PCOS Is Officially Renamed, After Decades of Misinformation [caption id="attachment_201141" align="alignnone" width="642"] (Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/Getty Images)[/caption] The hormone disorder PCOS has been officially renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) to address misconceptions.