Angry Birds Star Wars

Luke Skywalker as an angry bird, Darth Vader as a grunting pig - the latest instalment in the franchise is playing Angry Birds in the "Star Wars" universe. This works surprisingly well. Long ago, the Finnish company Rovio has created out of the simple game idea into a global media brand.

There is no escape. Even at the night market of Johor Bahru in Malaysia not where grilled fish in banana leaves for the equivalent of a few euros is served and street vendors hawking more or less authentic handbags and wallets. At every corner you can find them: The protagonists of the mobile games Angry Birds.

An elephant speaks

The zoo animal in South Korea speaks five words perfectly

That animals are smart, is well known. But they also can learn alien languages is a startling piece of news. Koshik, an Asian elephant at Everland Zoo in South Korea can actually be five words in Korean understandable by itself. There are words that he hears every day: "annyong" (hello), "anja" (sit), "aniya" (no), "Nuo" (lie down) and "choah" (good). For researchers, such "speaking animal" an exciting affair. You can draw conclusions on the evolution of language, learning words and the creation of music draw.