Milk protein put to use in spiciness-gauging "artificial tongue" It's a well-known fact that if you're trying to cool your mouth after eating spicy food, you should drink milk, not water. Bearing that fact in mind, scientists have developed an "artificial tongue" that measures food spiciness using a milk protein. newatlas.com newatlas.com / feeds newatlas-com .. newatlas-com-science / / #science / / 29 days 29d Share