So you think you can't sing? Science says otherwise

Fox recently announced that "American Idol" won't get another season. Good riddance, I say. The show may have produced a few names with actual talent, but it felt like one of those reality shows where viewers get their jollies watching judges crush people's dreams like grapes in a stomping vat.

My big pet peeve with "American Idol" and other shows of its ilk isn't just that they turn gullible rubes into emotional cannon fodder as a holy sacrifice to the gods of reality TV. My worry is that "Idol" may have convinced someone with genuine, untapped talent not to pursue their passion just because some British meanie thinks he knows more about music than anyone else.

But take heed: Even if you think you can't sing, that doesn't mean you don't possess any musical talent. A researcher at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto is studying that subject of innate musical talent and says the vast majority of people can learn to sing if they undergo the proper training and good ol' practice, practice, practice.