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.

First, it was named after two men.

"It is one of the most significant and long overdue shifts in women’s health," said one doctor.