A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SCI

Fri, 1 Mar '24
First syllable of a rhyming film genre
Thu, 17 Aug '23
STEM part: Abbr.
Sun, 6 Aug '23
Part of STEM: Abbr.
Tue, 11 Jul '23
Poli-___
Sun, 11 Jun '23
Comp ___ (college discipline, informally)
Sun, 12 Feb '23
Poli ___
Wed, 7 Dec '22
Grade school subj.
Fri, 5 Aug '22
Comp. ___ (univ. major)
Sun, 26 Jun '22
High school dept.
Wed, 11 May '22
___-fi
Tue, 8 Feb '22
Comp ___
Thu, 13 Jan '22
Acoustics, for one: Abbr.
Wed, 5 Jan '22
Grade sch. subject
Sun, 2 Jan '22
Chemistry, for one: Abbr.
Fri, 1 Oct '21
College dept.
Mon, 6 Sep '21
Biol. or chem.
Thu, 26 Aug '21
Part of STEM: Abbr.
Wed, 28 Jul '21
Biol. or chem.
Sun, 4 Jul '21
Nobel pursuit?: Abbr.
Thu, 20 May '21
The 500s, in the Dewey Decimal System: Abbr.
Thu, 22 Apr '21
Any "ology": Abbr.