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Season 48 · Episode 11
Ship That Changed the World
8.055mJune 2, 2021
Five centuries ago, the Age of Exploration and Europe’s imperial colonization of far-off lands was launched by a revolution in ship design that made long-distance ocean voyages practical. But exactly how this momentous innovation happened eludes historians. Now, the excavation of a rare intact wreck discovered off the coast of Sweden offers vital new clues to a maritime mystery.
Episodes
- Episode 1Secrets in Our DNA
- Episode 2Beyond the Elements: Reactions
- Episode 3Beyond the Elements: Indestructible
- Episode 4Beyond the Elements: Life
- Episode 5Looking for Life on Mars
- Episode 6Picture a Scientist/ Search Engine Breakdown
- Episode 7Reef Rescue
- Episode 8Fighting for Fertility
- Episode 9Hindenburg: The New Evidence
- Episode 10Great Electric Airplane Race
- Episode 11Ship That Changed the World
- Episode 12Bat Superpowers
- Episode 13The Cannabis Question
- Episode 14Particles Unknown
- Episode 15Arctic Drift
- Episode 16Edible Insects
- Episode 17NOVA Universe Revealed: Age of Stars
- Episode 18NOVA Universe Revealed: Milky Way
- Episode 19NOVA Universe Revealed: Alien Worlds
- Episode 20NOVA Universe Revealed: Black Holes
- Episode 21NOVA Universe Revealed: Big Bang
- Episode 22High-Risk High-Rise
- Episode 23Butterfly Blueprints
- Episode 24Alaskan Dinosaurs
- Episode 25Ancient Maya Metropolis