When you think of the tallest mountains on Earth, Mount Everest probably comes to mind. But what if we told you that the real giants are hiding deep underground, where no human has ever been?

Since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first reached the summit of Mount Everest in 1953, conquering the world's highest ...

Plate tectonics give rise to Earth's mountain ranges, earthquakes and the long-term movement of continents, and may even have provided the right conditions for life on Earth. But as far as we know, no ...

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